The UN Security Council has reached an agreement to extend humanitarian aid crossings into Syria from Turkey, diplomats were quoted as saying on Monday. The <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/opinion/editorial/2022/07/07/renewing-a-means-to-deliver-aid-to-syria/" target="_blank">authorisation of UN deliveries of life-saving essentials to four million Syrians</a> in opposition-held north-west Syria expired on Sunday. The new agreement draft mirrors Russia's six-month resolution from last week, AFP and Reuters reported. That resolution failed to pass. It requires a new resolution in January 2023 to extend cross-border aid for another six months at the Bab Al Hawa crossing. Diplomats have not officially announced timing for a vote on the new resolution. AFP and Reuters reported that the agreement would require a UN Security General report on humanitarian aid needs in the north-western region of Syria at some time in December of this year. The new agreement by Ireland and Norway missions at the UN <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/2022/07/08/un-security-council-fails-to-extend-cross-border-aid-to-syria/" target="_blank">comes after two resolutions failed</a> in the Security Council on Friday. Russia vetoed a year-long extension, which was widely supported by many western nations in the 15-member international body. "This is a life and death issue," US ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said on Friday. "And tragically, people will die because of this vote and the country who shamelessly deployed the veto." Syrian ally Russia's counter-resolution of a six-month extension of aid was blocked as Security Council members demanded for a full year extension. For a resolution to be adopted, it needs nine supporting votes, and no vetoes from any of the council's permanent members — the US, Russia, China, Britain and France. UN's cross-border aid deliveries from Turkey to Syria have been occurring since 2014, as a response to humanitarian needs from the conflict that started in 2011. The Turkish-Syrian border crossing at Bab Al Hawa is the only entry into north-west Syria without crossing government-held territories.