A convoy of food and medicine entered two besieged Syrian towns near Damascus on Wednesday (June 29th), the first aid delivered to them since 2012, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) told AFP.
The towns of Zamalka and Erbin were the last besieged areas in Syria to receive humanitarian aid, after the UN delivered assistance to the other 16 earlier this year.
The ICRC said it was delivering 37 trucks of aid in partnership with the UN and Syrian Arab Red Crescent, including food parcels, flour, and hygiene kits for the 20,000 residents.
"This is a remarkable day, because for the first time, we will be able to get a joint convoy" into Zamalka and Erbin, said the UN's top humanitarian co-ordinator in Syria Yaacoub El Hillo.
