Shouting for survivors amid the flaming ruins of trucks, the aid worker was panicking. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Omar Barakat, director of Aleppo branch of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, was killed in the attack. “The medical team couldn’t make it there for two hours to drag him out because of how intense the bombing was,” said another Red Crescent volunteer who was familiar with the incident. Organising a “cross-line convoy” is no easy feat in the Syrian conflict, with regime officials adamantly opposed to allowing aid into opposition-held areas. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Aid truck damaged by an attack on the rebel-held town of Orem al-Kubra, western Aleppo.

Source: The Guardian September 20, 2016 18:42 UTC