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The US-led Coalition in a press release on Thursday said UN aid workers successfully delivered aid to the Rukban refugee camp in southern Syria for the first time since January.
"Pompeo and the Special Envoy also discussed ongoing needs for unhindered humanitarian access and the need to end ongoing violence," Nauert said on Thursday.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in the Middle East and North Africa Bureau Director Amin Awad told Sputnik earlier on Thursday that the situation in Syria's Rukban refugee camp has become "horrible" after several years without sufficient aid. Awad did say that the conditions appear very good on the Syria-Jordan border and hopes refugees can begin crossing it soon.
The Nassib checkpoint on the Syrian-Jordanian border was reopened in October for civilians and transit transport, an official told Sputnik.
De Mistura announced in October that he would leave the special envoy post at the end of November due to personal reasons. The diplomat has been working as the special envoy for the crisis-torn country since 2014.
Comment: Interesting timing... Just the other day, the UN was pointing out how terrorists within the region (which the US controls) are using civilians as human shields. Russia has been pointing out these problems for months:
- Ominous casting call: Russian MOD says White Helmets hiring locals for staged chemical attacks, paying in food
- US-backed ISIS in Syria's Al-Tanf region charging refugees to leave, recruiting others
And then, all of a sudden, after months of the US denying the entry of aid, Pompeo and de Mistura have this conversation, and voila, aid is delivered.