By AFP 08 August 2023 | 5:01 pm Syria has extended by another three months border crossings from Turkey into rebel-held areas that had been reopened following a devastating February earthquake, the United Nations said Tuesday Syria-Turkey border.PIX: Arabnews.com Syria has extended by another three months border crossings from Turkey into rebel-held areas that had been reopened following a devastating February earthquake, the United Nations said Tuesday. It is the second three-month extension by Syria of use by UN humanitarian workers to the Bab al-Salam and Al-Rai crossings, opened after the earthquake following international pressure. “We greatly welcome the extension of permission by the Government of Syria to utilize the Bab al-Salam and Al Rai border crossings until November 13,” said Eri Kaneko, spokesperson for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The February 6 quake in Turkey and war-ravaged Syria killed more than 55,000 people and left thousands in border areas even more reliant on international assistance. The latest move stands in contrast to the failure to extend a separate key aid route into Syria — the Bab al-Hawa crossing from Turkey. Russia last month vetoed a nine-month extension then failed to muster enough votes to adopt a six-month extension. Syria said it would still temporarily allow use of the crossing but the United Nations denounced conditions as unacceptable. Russia is the main international ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who is looking to show that he has solidified control after more than a decade of brutal civil war. Latest 2 hours ago The World Bank is pausing approval for new public finance projects in Uganda over the country’s adoption earlier this year of a widely criticized bill criminalizing same-sex conduct 2 hours ago Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), yesterday, released its final list of athletes for the 2023 World Championships, which will begin in Budapest, Hungary, on August 19. In the list made available to The Guardian, U.S.-based speed star, Udodi Onwuzurike and Godson Brume were left out of the squad. Brume had pulled out of the championships… 1 day ago Former US president Donald Trump blasted the multiple prosecutions threatening his re-election bid on Tuesday, complaining that court appearances would keep him off the campaign trail for much of 2024 1 day ago President Bola Ahmed Tinubu met with the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at the Aso Villa in Abuja on Tuesday. It is gathered that Okonjo-Iweala arrived at the Presidential Villa at about 2:50 pm alongside former Minister of State for Health under former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, Dr. Ali Pate.… 1 day ago Food security through local grain production: priority for Nigeria KANO, Nigeria, 8 August 2023 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Nigeria, and the rest of sub-Saharan Africa, is heavily dependent on imported wheat, in particular from Russia and Ukraine. With a growing population, food sovereignty and security through local grain production is essential to the region’s future prosperity. Bühler is providing…
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