Ambassador Kelly Craft is warning of “mass graves” if the United Nations Security Council fails to extend a vital Syrian cross-border aid program, as she races against the clock to overcome Russian opposition. And if we don’t, the COVID outbreak is going to … I hate to say this ... it’s going to be mass graves of very innocent people,” Craft told Fox News in an interview Wednesday. SYRIAN ELITES FACE NEW STATE DEPARTMENT SANCTIONS UNDER CAESAR ACT, INCLUDING ASSAD'S WIFEThe cross-border aid program allows aid to be funneled into Syria by keeping open crossings on the borders in the north of the war-torn country. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for the aid program to be extended, and the U.S. has the support of its allies on the Council. Moscow, which supports the brutal regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has claimed that the cross-border aid was only a temporary fix and has instead become a political tool to stoke division in Syria.

Source: Fox News July 02, 2020 17:03 UTC