United Nations aid was transported from the regime-controlled northwest Syria to areas held by the rebels on Friday June 23, according to an AFP correspondent and a humanitarian official. This marked the first time such aid was delivered since a destructive earthquake occurred in February.
United Nations aid transited Friday from regime-controlled northwest Syria to rebel-held areas for the first time since a devastating February earthquake, an AFP correspondent and a humanitarian official said.
The correspondent saw the 10-truck convoy reach rebel-held Al-Nayrab in Idlib province from the direction of regime-held Saraqib, headed for storage facilities near the Turkish border.
The last such convoy was in January, according to a humanitarian official in Idlib who requested anonymity as they were not authorized to speak to the media.
A February 6 earthquake devastated parts of Turkey and Syria, including areas of the war-torn country’s Idlib region that are controlled by jihadist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).
Around three million of people, most of whom have been displaced by Syria’s war, live in HTS-controlled parts of the Idlib region.
Khalil Wakim, with AFP
