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1st LD: UN aid convoys start entering Syria's rebel-held Eastern Ghouta

Xinhua,March 05, 2018 Adjust font size:

DAMASCUS, March 5 (Xinhua) -- UN aid convoys started entering rebel-held areas in the Eastern Ghouta countryside of Damascus on Monday, the first aid shipment to enter that area since a Russian-backed humanitarian pause went into force seven days ago.

Up to 46 truckloads of aid entered the Douma district in Eastern Ghouta through the Wafidin crossing northeast of Damascus.

The long-awaited shipment entered a day after the UN announced it was sending the shipment on Monday.

Earlier in the day, the Russian Reconciliation Center in Syria said the rebels in Eastern Ghouta pledged to allow civilians to leave that area in exchange for the entry of aid. Enditem

 

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