From the moment the ceasefire in Syria started on Monday evening last week, President Bashar al-Assad made his intentions perfectly clear. UN requests to send aid convoys to besieged and hard to reach areas are also at the whim of the Syrian government. Even if a convoy gets through, there is no guarantee that all the medical and food supplies required will make it to their destination. No wonder, then, that many aid groups working in Syria, and UN insiders who have spoken to the Guardian, have deep concerns about the overall relief effort. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Damaged medical supplies that were being taken to besieged areas near Aleppo.

Source: The Guardian September 20, 2016 17:10 UTC