Last Thursday, a UN aid convoy began crossing from Turkey into Syria to bring assistance to thousands of people in desperate need in northeastern Syria. Why is this particularly notable, one might ask, in light of the horrendous suffering caused by the ongoing conflict?
Last Thursday, a UN aid convoy began crossing from Turkey into Syria to bring assistance to thousands of people in desperate need in northeastern Syria. Why is this particularly notable, one might ask, in light of the horrendous suffering caused by the ongoing conflict? The answer is because it is the first such UN convoy to make it from Turkey into Syria in the three years since fighting began.