Abe has promised to make his first foreign visit a call on President Obama in January.

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The UN's Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Valerie Amos, has said she has been given permission to visit Syria on Wednesday and that she would call for "unhindered access for humanitarian aid".

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She said someone at the embassy picked up the phone on Sunday and transferred her call to a recording advising callers to visit the U.S. government website.

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