Convoys deliver aid to besieged Syria towns for second time this week

Convoys are delivering aid to three besieged communities in Syria for the second time this week to alleviate civilian suffering in cut-off areas.

Fri, 15 Jan, 2016 - 00:00

A convoy of 44 trucks from the UN World Food Programme, International Committee for the Red Cross, and the Syrian Red Crescent has arrived in the rebel-held town of Madaya from the Syrian capital, Damascus.

Madaya, a former mountain resort near the Lebanon border, has been under siege for months by forces loyal to Syrian president Bashar Assad.

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