A United Nations decision to suspend all aid convoys to Syria has come under fire from Aleppo residents who say that they have not had access to basic humanitarian supplies such as food in months.
"Today the UN stopped the aid to the Syrian people. Our people are dying. We have not had aid come in for a very long time," Ibrahim al-Hajj, a member of the all-volunteer rescue team known as the Syrian Civil Defence, who spoke to Al Jazeera from Aleppo. "My family and I have one week's worth of stored food left, and after that, we will run out."
Al-Hajj is just one of 300,000 Syrians who live in Eastern Aleppo, which has been under a renewed government-imposed siege since earlier this month.
Since mid-2012, the city has been divided between regime control in the west and opposition control in the east. It has come to symbolise the devastation wrought on Syria and its civilian population.
The UN decision came in response to the targeting aid lorries operated by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC). Some 20 civilians and one SARC staff member were killed as they were unloading trucks carrying vital humanitarian aid.
"The attack deprives thousands of civilians of much-needed food and medical assistance," said a statement issued by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. The statement described the incident as a "flagrant violation of international humanitarian law".
The Syrian Civil Defence, also known as the White Helmets, recorded about 40 civilians wounded in the attack...etc
aljazeera.com
21/9/16
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"Today the UN stopped the aid to the Syrian people. Our people are dying. We have not had aid come in for a very long time," Ibrahim al-Hajj, a member of the all-volunteer rescue team known as the Syrian Civil Defence, who spoke to Al Jazeera from Aleppo. "My family and I have one week's worth of stored food left, and after that, we will run out."
Al-Hajj is just one of 300,000 Syrians who live in Eastern Aleppo, which has been under a renewed government-imposed siege since earlier this month.
Since mid-2012, the city has been divided between regime control in the west and opposition control in the east. It has come to symbolise the devastation wrought on Syria and its civilian population.
The UN decision came in response to the targeting aid lorries operated by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC). Some 20 civilians and one SARC staff member were killed as they were unloading trucks carrying vital humanitarian aid.
"The attack deprives thousands of civilians of much-needed food and medical assistance," said a statement issued by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. The statement described the incident as a "flagrant violation of international humanitarian law".
The Syrian Civil Defence, also known as the White Helmets, recorded about 40 civilians wounded in the attack...etc
aljazeera.com
21/9/16
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