(Guardian-UK) Nick Hopkins and Emma Beals - The UN has awarded contracts worth tens of millions of dollars to businessmen closely associated with Syrian President Assad whose companies are under U.S. and EU sanctions. The UN says it can only work with a small number of partners approved by President Assad. However, critics believe aid is being prioritized in government-held areas and argue UN money is effectively helping to prop up a regime responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of its own citizens.
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