News outlets report on the ongoing crisis in Syria, where aid delivery is hampered by fighting.

New York Times: Bid to Deliver Aid to Syria May Set Stage for a U.N. Clash
“The United Nations Security Council was potentially headed for a showdown on Monday over getting food and medicine to millions of needy Syrians…” (Sengupta, 7/13).

U.N. News Centre: Syria: U.N agency urges Europe to shoulder more of refugee challenge
“With Syria heading into its fourth year of conflict, a United Nations agency [Friday] called on Europe to do more to help Syrian refugees, after a new report found that some nations in the region are turning back asylum seekers and ‘shouldering only a small part’ of the challenges…” (7/11).