BEIRUT — A spokeswoman for the International Committee of the Red Cross says the delivery of assistance to Damascus’ opposition-held suburb of Eastern Ghouta is a “first positive step,” but that more needs to be done.
Ingy Sedky says there needs to be repeated and continuous access to Eastern Ghouta by humanitarian organizations.
She speaks from Damascus to The Associated Press as a 46-truck convoy enters the town of Douma in Eastern Ghouta, marking the first delivery of humanitarian assistance to the area in nearly three weeks. It includes 5,500 food and flour bags enough for 27,500 people, in addition to wheat flour, medical and surgical items.
It comes amid a crushing Syrian government military offensive on Eastern Ghouta, home to about 400,000 people.
— AP
A convoy of the Red Cross vehicles headed to Eastern Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus, Syria, on March. 5, 2018. (International Committee of The Red Cross via AP)
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