Aid convoys arrive at the outskirts of a besieged rebel-held town near the Lebanese border on Monday with enough supplies to last for a month, as another convoy heads to two besieged villages in northern Syria — part of a large-scale UN-supported aid operation in the war-ravaged country, Syria’s official news agency and aid groups say.
A group of residents gather at the main entrance to Madaya, hoping to receive desperately needed food and medicine. The town, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) northwest of Damascus, has been blockaded for months by government troops and Hezbollah. Opposition activists and aid groups have reported several deaths from starvation in recent weeks.
The UN-supported aid operation was agreed on last week and appears to be proceeding Monday. Syria’s Red Crescent President Abdul Rahman Attar says the convoy reached the outskirts of Madaya shortly after midday, according to a statement posted on the organization’s Twitter account.
A similar convoy reaches the outskirts of the Shiite villages of Foua and Kfarya in Idlib province, both under siege by rebels seeking to oust President Bashar Assad.
— AP
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