A divided UN Security Council failed for a second time Friday to agree on extending humanitarian aid deliveries to Syria's mainly rebel-held northwest from Turkey as the current UN mandate was ending, leaving nearly 3 million people at risk of losing aid.
Russia and China vetoed a UN resolution backed by the 13 other council members that would have maintained two crossing points from Turkey for six months.
A Russian-drafted resolution that would have authorized just one border crossing for a year failed to receive the minimum nine "yes" votes in the 15-member council, with only four countries voting in favor while seven voted against and four abstained.