UN says no deal with Jordan on stranded Syrians
MOADAMIYEH, Syria - The UN's top humanitarian affairs official says he was unable to reach agreement with Jordan on delivering aid to more than 70,000 Syrians stranded on the kingdom's desert border.
Stephen O'Brien said after a border trip on Friday that 75 percent of those stranded are women and children with a "very real need" for food, water and shelter.
Jordan sealed the border in June, halting regular aid delivery from its territory, after an attack by Islamic State extremists. Jordan says aid groups must find another way to reach the displaced.
O'Brien says talks with Jordan will continue but that forcing the displaced to move is not an option. He says that "if there was an immediate solution, you can be absolutely assured I would be grabbing it with both hands."
