ICRC spokesman Pawel Krzysiek, who accompanied the convoy, said people inside Darayya had welcomed the convoy even though it did not contain any food. An aid convoy carrying medicine, baby milk and vaccines has entered the Damascus suburb of Darayya for the first time since it was besieged by regime forces in 2012, according to the Red Cross. It is understood that food was excluded from the convoy as a confidence-building measure, with humanitarian officials hoping further aid deliveries would include food. “A UN medical aid convoy has just entered the besieged city of ‪‎Darayya‬, to be the first aid support that reaches the city since the siege by Assad forces started in November 2012,” the city’s local council said in a statement. Photograph: ReutersThe UN had set a deadline for 1 June to deliver aid to besieged areas in Syria, which was part of an agreement for a cessation of hostilities brokered by the US and Russia.

Source: The Guardian June 01, 2016 14:00 UTC