UNICEF says aid convoy for 180,000 Syrians could go on Sunday
No sign of agreement on further convoys
A man carries an injured boy as he walks on rubble of damaged buildings in the rebel held besieged town of Hamouriyeh, eastern Ghouta, near Damascus, Syria February 21, 2018 PHOTO: REUTERS
GENEVA:
Syria's government may allow an aid convoy with supplies for 180,000 people to go to the town of Douma in the besieged enclave of eastern Ghouta on Sunday, the Middle East director of the UN children's agency UNICEF said on Friday.
UN officials voice frustration over lack of cease-fire in Syria
Geert Cappelaere told a news conference in Geneva that there
was no sign of agreement on further convoys to serve the rest of
the enclave's 400,000 people, nor any agreement on evacuation
for some 1,000 people in dire medical need.
Syria's government may allow an aid convoy with supplies for 180,000 people to go to the town of Douma in the besieged enclave of eastern Ghouta on Sunday, the Middle East director of the UN children's agency UNICEF said on Friday.
UN officials voice frustration over lack of cease-fire in Syria
Geert Cappelaere told a news conference in Geneva that there
was no sign of agreement on further convoys to serve the rest of
the enclave's 400,000 people, nor any agreement on evacuation
for some 1,000 people in dire medical need.