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UN 'ready to resume' aid convoys to Syria
The UN has said it will resume the aid deliveries to Syria, days after an attack on a humanitarian convoy killed 20 people and triggered the suspension of relief operations
On Monday, a 31-truck aid convoy was attack in an air strike
The UN has said it is ready to resume aid convoys in Syria after halting operations in response to a deadly attack on an aid mission on Monday.
“The preparation for these convoys has now resumed and we are ready to deliver aid to besieged and hard-to-reach areas as soon as possible,” the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement.
“The United Nations continues to call for safe, unconditional, unimpeded and sustained access to all Syrians in need, wherever they are,” it said.
Meanwhile, the US has called for all planes to be grounded in key areas of Syria to preserve the 7-day truce brokered together with Russia.
International powers will discuss peace efforts on Thursday in New York, the BBC reported.
The Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) also suspended operations in the Aleppo province for three days following Monday night’s attack on a 31-truck convoy which killed a staff member and about 20 civilians. SARC has continued deliveries to other areas of Syria, officials say.
“For the time being we are assessing security in different areas. In the next 24 hours we won’t have any convoys across front lines,” said Krista Armstrong, spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
