A boy stands as an aid convoy of Syrian Arab Red Crescent drives through the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria March 5, 2018. REUTERS/Bassam KhabiehCAIRO – 9 March 2018: After a long time of struggling, another aid convoy consisting of 13 food trucks finally found its way into the besieged city of Eastern Ghouta, Syria on Friday amid continuing airstrikes between the regime and opposition and armed groups.The aid convoy, affiliated with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, was supposed to reach the city on Monday; however, it was banned from entering due to excessive shelling between all parties, according to Reuters on March 9.This is, however, not the first aid convoy to enter Ghouta this week. Egyptian Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Alaa Youssef affirmed Egypt’s deep condemnation for the use of violence by all of the Syrian parties during the struggle. The approved ceasefire was expected to temporarily end the Syrian people’s struggle and stop the siege that has been imposed on them for a long time; however, it was later announced to have failed.The Syrian political situation has been deteriorating since protests emerged with the Arab Spring revolutions in 2011, when the opposition created the Free Syrian Army to face Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces. Some 1.6 million Syrians have been domestically displaced, while the number of refugees reached 4.8 million people, the data added.

Source: Egypt Today March 09, 2018 17:48 UTC