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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/16/world/middleeast/syria-cease-fire-aid.html?ref=middleeast&_r=0
Syria Is Delaying Aid Deliveries in Violation of Cease-Fire, UN Says
(New York Times) Nick Cumming-Bruce - The government of President Bashar al-Assad is holding up deliveries of aid in violation of the deal struck last week by Russia and the U.S., Staffan de Mistura, the UN mediator for Syria, said Thursday. He said the delivery of humanitarian aid had not taken place because Assad's government had not issued the authorization letters that aid convoys needed to pass through checkpoints.