China, US coronavirus tensions spill over in UN Syria meeting

Growing tensions between China and the United States around the coronavirus pandemic publicly spilled over on Tuesday during a UN Security Council meeting on humanitarian aid operations in Syria as envoys traded barbs over global leadership.

US Ambassador to the UN Kelly Craft called on China “to validate its claims of global leadership in combating Covid-19” by supporting “a resolution to allow the UN to combat this pandemic by delivering life-saving aid cross-border” into Syria.