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Inter-agency convoys deliver humanitarian aid to hard-to-reach Syrian towns: UN spokesman

Xinhua, May 10, 2016 Adjust font size:

Inter-agency convoys delivered much-needed assistance to hard-to-reach Syrian towns near Homs and Damascus, a UN spokesman said here on Monday.

On May 4 and May 8, two inter-agency convoys delivered food, water, sanitation and hygiene supplies and other relief items to 3,250 people in the Syrian town of Qaratien in rural Homs, Stephane Dujarric said.

On May 6, a convoy targeting 35,000 people in the town of Bloudan in rural Damascus, delivered essential relief items, including water and sanitation, health, hygiene and education supplies, he said. "This is the second of two convoys to the town, the first of which was in mid-March."

Since the beginning of 2016, inter-agency operations have reached more than 780,000 civilians, the spokesman said. "Many of these people have been reached more than once."

While this progress is welcome, much more is needed. The United Nations calls for unconditional, unimpeded and sustained access to all the 4.6 million people in besieged and hard-to-reach locations across Syria, he added. Endit