First aid convoy since June enters besieged area in Syria's Homs city - Red Cross


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  • Thursday, 14 Jul 2016

Civilians rush out of a building after what activists said were airstrikes by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the northwestern Homs district of Al Waer March 17, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

AMMAN (Reuters) - The first aid convoy since June to reach to al Waer, a besieged suburb of the Syrian city of Homs, arrived on Thursday, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said.

A total of 19 trucks carrying wheat flour, medical items and water and sanitation material arrived in a joint convoy of the United Nations, the Syrian Red Cresecent and the ICRC, said Ingy Sedky, an ICRC spokeswoman.

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