{"id":191426,"date":"2022-09-15T14:33:32","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T06:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=191426"},"modified":"2022-09-15T14:33:33","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T06:33:33","slug":"us-to-send-756-mn-in-additional-aid-to-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=191426","title":{"rendered":"US to send $756 mn in additional aid to Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/assets\/news_photos\/2022\/09\/15\/image-82636-1663213425.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; The US State Department announced it was sending $756 million in new humanitarian aid to Syria, where need remains &#8220;dire&#8221; after more than a decade of war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The funds, which are in addition to a tranche of $808 million announced earlier this year, will go to &#8220;continue our unwavering support for the Syrian people,&#8221; Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement.<br>&nbsp;<br>He added that the US ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, had made the announcement earlier in the day at a UN Security Council meeting on Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blinken stressed the importance of an international agreement allowing the delivery of humanitarian aid across the border, calling it a &#8220;lifeline&#8221; for millions of Syrians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Cross-border deliveries ensure that life-saving aid including food, medicine, and other relief supplies reach people throughout northwest Syria, who rely on this aid to survive,&#8221; Blinken said in the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In July, the Council adopted a resolution extending a system for cross-border aid to Syria by six months, the duration demanded by Russia. Other members had sought a full year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The aid delivery system across Turkey&#8217;s border into rebel-held Syria &#8212; in place since 2014 &#8212; is the only way UN assistance can reach civilians without navigating areas controlled by Syrian government forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In total, Washington says it has supplied about $15.7 billion in humanitarian aid for Syria since the war began 11 years ago. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; The US State Department announced it was sending $756 million in new humanitarian aid to Syria, where need remains &#8220;dire&#8221; after more than a decade of war. The funds, which are in addition to a tranche of $808 million announced earlier this year, will go to &#8220;continue our unwavering support [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":191427,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208,217],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191426"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=191426"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191428,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191426\/revisions\/191428"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/191427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=191426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=191426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=191426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}