Why Russia and China have repeatedly undermined Turkey's efforts to open a new border gate to Syria
In December 2019, Permanent Members China and Russia vetoed a draft UN resolution on the authorisation of cross-border humanitarian aid delivery, with Russia then failing to push through its own amended version.
The US, supported by France and the UK, are advocating for the opening of the crossing with Iraq at Al-Yarubiya, which is said to account forpercent of medical aid to north-eastern Syria. This is something that the SDF largely controls. Russia and China seem opposed to the move, perhaps in a general bid to ensure that international aid organisations and humanitarian goods are channelled through or with the oversight of the regime.
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