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Russian UN veto could threaten aid deliveries to 3 million people in Syria - BBC News
Russia has threatened to veto a UN Security Council resolution reauthorizing cross-border deliveries of vital aid into north-western Syria.
The closure of the last route from Turkey would immediately put more than 3 million people at risk of starvation.