UN humanitarian teams based in Turkey need full access to deliver aid in the province of Idlib, UN Special Envoy for Syria's senior adviser, Jan Egeland, said at a press briefing on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 04th September, 2018) UN humanitarian teams based in Turkey need full access to deliver aid in the province of Idlib, UN Special Envoy for Syria's senior adviser, Jan Egeland, said at a press briefing on Tuesday.
"We need full access for all humanitarians [in Idlib]," Egeland said. He also said civilians need "full freedom of movement."
UN teams must be able to cross into Syria from Turkey to deliver aid, he added.
Earlier on Tuesday, Syrian Minister of State for National Reconciliation Affairs Ali Haidar said that the liberation of the Syrian province of Idlib from militants via a military operation is more likely than through a ceasefire.
The province of Idlib in northwest Syria is the last remaining stronghold of several terrorist groups in the country. Last week, UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura said the United Nations believes that around 10,000 members of the Nusra Front and Al-Qaeda (banned in Russia) terrorist groups are operating in the province.
The Al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front has joined forces with other hardline jihadist militants to form a terrorist alliance called Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which is the dominant force on the ground in Idlib.
