US Secretary of State: Syrian humanitarian situation untenable

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met in Rome with representatives of the 83-member coalition against the Islamic State (IS).

US officials have largely carried over the approach developed during the Trump administration, namely leaving US troops to indefinitely occupy oil-rich northeast Syria while economically isolating the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

The policy remains in limbo amid indirect negotiations with Iranian officials in Vienna.

A new UN vote in the Security Council is set to renew the UN mandate to deliver cross-border aid into Syria from Turkey. Russia has sought to block such aid, insisting that the Damascus government only deliver.

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Source: TG Daily – US Secretary of State: Syrian humanitarian situation untenable