A humanitarian aid convoy entered into Muadamiyat al-Sham (rural Damascus), making it the first aid convoy of 2017. The convoy, sent by the United Nations, contained both nutritional and non-nutritional aid for approximately 40,000 people. The last convoy to enter al-Muadamiya was on 23/10/2016.
Humanitarian Aid Enters al-Wa’ar
A United Nations Aid convoy has entered the besieged district of al-Wa’ar in the city of Homs. According to the UN, the convoy contains aid for approximately 70,000 people. The aid convoy is part of a plan being implemented by the UN for this month- and which was agreed upon by the regime on 13/10/2016- […]
September 2016: The Targeting of the Medical and Relief Sector
The Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) has documented the targeting of nine hospitals and medical points during September 2016, in the highest number of attacks on hospitals to have taken place within one month during 2016. Four of the targeted hospitals were in Aleppo and three in Idlib, whilst one was in Hama and one […]
Massacre as Aid Convoy in rural Aleppo is Targeted
War planes believed to be Russian targeted an aid convoy in the town of Urum al-Kubra (rural Aleppo) on Monday evening, killing 12 volunteers of the Syrian Red Crescent and burning 20 lorries which held humanitarian aid . Among the victims was Omar Barakat, director of the Syrian Red Crescent of western rural Aleppo. The […]
Humanitarian Aid Reaches Eastern Aleppo
A humanitarian aid convoy from Idlib entered the city of Aleppo, hours after batallions of the armed opposition broke the siege which had been enforced by regime forces and their foreign allies on 7/8/2016 The convoy, which had been sent by local organisations from the province of Idlib, was made up of a number of […]
Aid Convoy Enters Zamalka and Arbeen for First Time
On Wednesday, an aid convoy entered the two cities of Zamalka and Arbeen in rural Damascus. The convoy, which consists of 37 lorries, contained medical and food items and was sent by the United Nations team in Syria. This is the first time in which relief items enter the two cities, both of which have […]
Humanitarian Assistance Enters Besieged Madaya
A convoy of the Red Crescent, including a mobile surgery, has arrived to the town of Madaya in rural Damascus in order to inspect some of the ill and transfer them to Damascus for treatment. At the same time, several lorries of aid led by the Red Crescent have entered the areas of Kafraya and […]
Red Crescent Enters Aid into al-Tal
The Syrian Red Crescent entered an aid convoy, compromising of 2500 food baskets and 2500 medical baskets, into the city of al-Tal (rural Damascus) on Thursday. The aid was provided by the International committee of the Red Cross. The Red Crescent had also entered another aid convoy into the city on Tuesday 2/2/2016, which compromised […]