Imagine having to wait years for medical aid? It truly is unbelievable.
Aid convoy reaches Damascus suburb for the first time since 2012, U.N. says
Residents sit outside a damaged building in the Damascus suburb of Darayya on May 23, 2016. The rebel-held city has lived under a punishing government blockade for more than three years. (Fadi Dirani/AFP/Getty Images)
By Erin Cunningham June 1 at 12:01 PM
ISTANBUL — An aid convoy carrying medical supplies for besieged Syrian civilians entered a Damascus suburb for the first time since 2012, the United Nations and local activists said Wednesday, after Russia, a key ally of the Syrian government, announced a 48-hour cease-fire in the area.
The convoy, which included trucks from the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross, brought medicine, vaccines and baby milk to the rebel-held city of Darayya on the outskirts of the Syrian capital. Darayya residents have lived under a punishing government blockade for more than three years. An aid convoy dispatched in May was turned away by Syrian security forces at the last checkpoint, the ICRC and the United Nations said.
“First humanitarian aid to reach people of #Daraya,” the ICRC’s Syria office posted on Twitter on Wednesday. The organization also posted a photograph showing its vehicles driving on parched land next to bombed-out buildings.
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Aid convoy reaches Damascus suburb for the first time since 2012, U.N. says
Residents sit outside a damaged building in the Damascus suburb of Darayya on May 23, 2016. The rebel-held city has lived under a punishing government blockade for more than three years. (Fadi Dirani/AFP/Getty Images)
By Erin Cunningham June 1 at 12:01 PM
ISTANBUL — An aid convoy carrying medical supplies for besieged Syrian civilians entered a Damascus suburb for the first time since 2012, the United Nations and local activists said Wednesday, after Russia, a key ally of the Syrian government, announced a 48-hour cease-fire in the area.
The convoy, which included trucks from the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross, brought medicine, vaccines and baby milk to the rebel-held city of Darayya on the outskirts of the Syrian capital. Darayya residents have lived under a punishing government blockade for more than three years. An aid convoy dispatched in May was turned away by Syrian security forces at the last checkpoint, the ICRC and the United Nations said.
“First humanitarian aid to reach people of #Daraya,” the ICRC’s Syria office posted on Twitter on Wednesday. The organization also posted a photograph showing its vehicles driving on parched land next to bombed-out buildings.
Continue reading at:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...scus-suburb-for-the-first-time-since-2012-un-
