Turkey sends aid to Syrian refugees

Aid trucks and ambulances entered Syria from Turkey yesterday to deliver food and supplies to tens of thousands of people fleeing an escalating government assault on Aleppo, as air strikes targeted villages on the road north to the Turkish border.

Russian and Syrian forces intensified their campaign on rebel-held areas around Aleppo that are still home to around 350,000 people and aid workers have said the city, Syria’s largest before the war, could soon fall.

Russia’s intervention has tipped the balance of the war in favour of President Bashar al-Assad, reversing rebel gains made last year.