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UN resumes Syria humanitarian aid convoys

UN aid convoys started rolling in Syria again on Thursday (September 22nd), after a deadly attack on humanitarian trucks and a warehouse triggered a suspension in deliveries, AFP reported.

"Today we are sending an inter-agency, cross-line convoy with urgently needed aid to people in a besieged area of rural Damascus," UN humanitarian agency (OCHA) spokesman Jens Laerke said in a statement.

"We have resumed aid deliveries based on the humanitarian imperative," he added.

Laerke said this was the first convoy to head towards a besieged area since Monday's attack on an aid convoy which killed around 20 people, including a Red Cross staffer.

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