A convoy carrying food and medical aid entered Syria’s Eastern Ghouta on Tuesday, the United Nations said, in a rare humanitarian delivery that comes after days of heavy bombardment. Eastern Ghouta is one of the last remaining rebel strongholds in Syria, and is part of one of four so-called “de-escalation zones” in place across the country to reduce violence. The implementation of the zone, agreed earlier this year between government allies Russia and Iran and Turkey, initially reduced violence in Eastern Ghouta. Over the past two days, more than 40 civilians were killed in government strikes and shelling across Eastern Ghouta, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The Britain-based monitor said another three people were killed on Tuesday in regime air strikes on the town of Hammuriyeh in Eastern Ghouta.

Source: Pakistan Today November 28, 2017 12:45 UTC