UN Security Council to vote on humanitarian aid to Aleppo

BEIRUT (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is expected to vote on a resolution demanding immediate and unconditional access for the United Nations and its partners to besieged parts of Aleppo and throughout Syria to ensure the delivery of humanitarian aid.

The draft resolution, obtained by The Associated Press, calls on Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to immediately redeploy U.N. humanitarian staff already on the ground to carry out "neutral monitoring" and "direct observation and to report on evacuations."

Rebels and the government agreed to allow "humanitarian cases" to leave the two villages Saturday, but as of Sunday the new deal was still delayed.