Residents of besieged northwestern Syria warned on Saturday of a humanitarian "disaster," one day after Russia vetoed the United Nations Security Council against extending the mechanism for delivering vital humanitarian aid to them.
Director of the public relations office at the Bab al-Hawa crossing (northwest) Mazen Alloush said in a statement to AFP that "the use of the veto by Russia is a literal implementation of the policy of siege and starvation practiced by Russia in all Syrian regions."