Russian military delivers more aid to besieged Syrian town
May 23, 2016, 6:31 am

Syrian soldiers on a mission run in Daraya, southwest of the capital Damascus of Syria, on Feb. 24, 2016 [Xinhua]

“Today, representatives of Russia’s Armed Forces delivered humanitarian aid of 3.5 tons to the inhabited locality of Khabab of the Daraa Governorate to render assistance to refugees,” Sergey Ivanov, spokesman for the Russian center for reconciliation of the warring sides in Syria, was quoted by Russian media on Monday.

The town joined the ceasefire agreement on May 8, Ivanov said.

The fresh airdrop of food and emergency supplies came after participants at the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) meeting agreed that from June, the UN would begin airdrops of aid for all areas in need if ground access to besieged areas continued to be denied.

A cessation of hostilities, brokered by Moscow and Washington, was introduced in Syria in February in a bid to facilitate dialogue between rival parties in the war-torn country.

The pro-rebel monitor group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has said Russian warplanes have carried out attacks on the only road into rebel-held areas of Aleppo city on Sunday.

The UN-brokered ceasefire regime does not cover Daesh (Islamic State) and Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organizations as well as other groups labelled as “terrorist” by the Security Council.

The city of Aleppo, about 30 miles (50 km) south of the Turkish border, is divided between the government and rebels fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

TBP and Agencies

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