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Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Aid convoy enters Syria’s Daraya for first time since 2012
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA humanitarian aid convoy has entered the rebel-held Syrian town of Daraya, the Red Cross says, in the first such delivery since a regime siege began in 2012.
Delivering medicine, vaccines, nutritional items, baby milk to #besieged #Daraya @UN @ICRC_sy @SYRedCrescent #Syria pic.twitter.com/GwVlv5YNXC
— OCHA Syria (@OCHA_Syria) June 1, 2016
The International Committee of the Red Cross says both United Nations and Syrian Arab Red Crescent staff are involved in the delivery of the aid to the Damascus area town.
The United Nations meanwhile says it is looking into “every possible means” to deliver life-saving aid to besieged Syrians now that a Wednesday deadline set by world powers has passed. UN spokeswoman Josephine Guerrero says the “main priority” is to access 592,700 people in besieged areas and millions more in hard-to-reach areas facing severe food shortages.
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The US- and Russia-led International Syria Support Group last month called on the UN to “immediately carry out a program for air bridges and air drops for all areas in need” starting June 1 if it was denied access to designated areas. The UN envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, has called air drops, which cost more than land delivery, a “last resort.”
— AFP and AP
The Times of Israel Community.