Some humanitarian aid reaching Syrians in need in besieged area, UN reports

An inter-agency humanitarian convoy is delivering humanitarian assistance to about 37,500 residents in the besieged neighborhood of Al Waer in Homs, Syria, a UN spokesman said here Thursday.

"A second convoy is planned in the coming days, pending government approval," Stephane Dujarric told reporters said at a daily news briefing here, quoting information from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

The two convoys combined will provide food, medicine, health, nutrition, water and sanitation, and emergency supplies for about 75,000 people, he said. The last inter-agency convoy to Al Waer was on March 3.

Also on Thursday, a UN and Syrian Arab Red Crescent convoy delivered food, health, nutrition, water and sanitation, other basic supplies and agricultural assistance for 50,000 people in Afrin city, Kafr Janneh, Rajou, Yakhour, all in Aleppo Governorate, he said.

Since the beginning of 2016, more than 844,000 people in hard-to-reach and besieged areas have received a range of humanitarian assistance through UN inter-agency convoys, he added. Endit