Aid reaches 13000 families in Syria's Aleppo province: Red Cross

3/16/2016 6:08:37 AM

(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Men unload aid boxes from a Red Crescent convoy in the rebel held besieged town of Jesreen in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta Syria March 7 2016. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh

BEIRUT: Fresh humanitarian aid reachedsome 13000 families in northern Aleppo province as a convoy of26 trucks entered areas hit by recent fighting the Red Crosssaid on Wednesday.

The delivery by the Syrian Red Crescent to towns includingAzaz Afrin and Tal Rifaat was the largest in the area forweeks Red Cross spokesman Pawel Krzysiek said. Clinics had beenresupplied in the meantime he said.

A fragile cessation of hostilities agreement has reducedviolence in western Syria but has not halted fighting.

Reuters

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