Boosting humanitarian aid is a key condition to be met before political talks on ending the war can resume
U.N. convoys delivered supplies to people in 10 of 18 areas under siege and to thousands in other, hard-to-reach areas
The UN had received the green light for eight or nine of the 11 areas it had asked to deliver aid to
Saudi Arabia will provide food and medical aid to the most devastated regions in Syria in cooperation with aid organizations
At least 100 trucks of humanitarian aid were preparing to set off for besieged areas of Syria from Damascus
The closed-door meeting in the Jordanian capital of Amman came a week before an annual Syria aid conference
The Assad regime has made a habit out of guaranteeing the safe transfer of humanitarian aid to besieged areas ahead of peace talks.
The U.N. is preparing to deliver humanitarian assistance in the coming days, a statement said
The council expressed "outrage" at the escalating violence in Syria and grave distress at "the devastating humanitarian situation"
UNICEF estimates that nearly 14 million children are suffering because of the conflict in Syria
Valerie Amos said some states were aggressively asserting sovereignty rights to stop action being taken to protect civilians
A resolution adopted in July allows trucks to pass through rebel-held areas from Turkey, Jordan and Iraq
Secretary of State John Kerry insisted that Washington remained committed ‘to finding a political solution to this crisis’
Aid from foreign agencies is now being delivered to across the border without authorization from the Syrian government
The U.N. unanimously adopted a resolution that authorized aid access to Syria at four border crossings from Turkey, Iraq and Jordan
Australia, Luxembourg and Jordan circulated a draft resolution in hope to boost cross-border aid access in Syria
Recent figures showed that 4.7 million Syrians lived in 'hard to reach areas,' Valerie Amos said
The seven-truck convoy carried enough aid for 30,000 people
Russia, supported by China, has previously vetoed four resolutions threatening any action against its ally
U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon called on Syria and the opposition to take measures to ease the delivery of relief supplies
There are around 200,000 Syrian children refugees in the neighboring country of Lebanon
It is unclear whether Russia and China would support or veto the Western- and Arab-backed resolution
U.N. diplomats have tried to persuade Russia to back a new resolution, drafted by Australia, Jordan and Luxembourg
The Geneva II peace talks ended just a week ago with no major political breakthrough
The pledges were made at an international donor conference in Kuwait intended to help the U.N. reach a $6.5 billion aid target
An international donor conference to be held in Kuwait aims to help the U.N. raise $6.5 billion for Syria
The drivers claimed they were carrying aid on behalf of IHH but the organization denied the allegations as “slanderous”
Since the start of the conflict almost three years ago, more than 21,000 Syrian babies have been born as refugees
Kerry warns of a heightened humanitarian crisis and ‘sectarian mess’ in Syria
U.N. agencies aim to provide food, clean drinking water, shelter, education, health services and polio vaccines to Syrians
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