WorldGENEVA, AFP -UN aid convoys starting rolling in Syria again on Thursday, after a deadly attack on humanitarian trucks and a warehouse triggered a suspension in deliveries. “Today we are sending an inter-agency, cross-line convoy with urgently needed aid to people in a besieged area of rural Damascus,” United Nations humanitarian agency (OCHA) spokesman Jens Laerke said in a statement. “We have resumed aid deliveries based on the humanitarian imperative,” he added. Convoys have repeatedly been blocked for security reasons, refusals by the Syrian government to grant authorisation and strict conditions imposed by opposition groups. But the ceasefire's collapse has stalled aid deliveries.

Source: Sunday Times September 22, 2016 11:15 UTC