U.N. chief to Security Council: 'We cannot give up on people of Syria'

FILE PHOTO: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a news conference with Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer (not seen) and Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg (not seen) in Vienna, Austria May 11, 2022. REUTERS/Lisa Leutner/File Photo

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to the Security Council on Monday to extend its approval of aid deliveries from Turkey to millions of people in need in northwest Syria, telling the body: "We cannot give up on the people of Syria."

The U.N. mandate, which has allowed deliveries from Turkey to Syria's opposition-controlled northwest, expires on July 10.