New York Times: Defying Syria, United Nations Sends in Trucks Carrying Aid
“Empowered by the Security Council to defy what United Nations officials have called an arbitrary aid blockade imposed by the warring parties in Syria, United Nations relief agencies for the first time sent a convoy of trucks carrying food, water purification tablets, and other relief supplies across the Turkish border on Thursday into rebel-held areas of Syria…” (Sengupta, 7/24).