Fragmented opposition, Syrian government both hamper aid - agencies

GENEVA (Reuters) - Aid workers are having to negotiate with an increasing number of rebel sub-factions to organise delivery of aid to Syrian civilians, while the government continues to deny access to many areas, severely hampering their work, agencies said on Friday.

Bringing supplies from the capital to the divided northern city of Aleppo - a distance of 355 kms - is slow and fraught, said Pierre Kraehenbuehl, director of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) operations worldwide.