The United Nations has asked Syria's government to extend its approval for two additional crossings to deliver post-earthquake aid into opposition-held zones, a spokesperson said on Friday, but two informed sources said an extension was unlikely.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad agreed to open the crossings of Bab Al-Salam and Al Ra'ee for three months starting on Feb. 13, a week after the earthquake that killed more than 50,000 people in Turkey and Syria. Parts of the northwest are held by groups opposed to Assad in the 12-year-long civil war.
