February 13, 2023 / 08:40 AM IST

US urges UN vote to approve more aid access to Syria via Turkey

- The United States on February 12 called for the United Nations Security Council to "vote immediately" to authorize the delivery of U.N. aid to rebel-held northwest Syria through more border crossings from Turkey after last week's deadly earthquake.

- "Right now, every hour matters," Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., said in a statement.

- U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths, who is in Turkey and is will visit Syria soon, told Sky News that he would ask the Security Council to authorize aid access through two more border crossings, arguing there is "a very clear humanitarian case."