Aid convoys reach four Syria villages: ICRC

Several aid trucks have made their way into four Syrian villages, delivering relief supplies to tens of thousands of people there, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says.

“We are entering #Madaya, #Zabadani, #Foaa & #Kafrya with @SYRedCrescent & @UN delivering much-needed food & medical items,” the ICRC announced in a tweet on Tuesday.

The aid body also said convoys of trucks were carrying medical and food supplies to residents of Foua and Kafraya villages in Idlib Province as well as Madaya and Zabadani, two villages controlled by government forces in the suburbs of the capital, Damascus.

The areas are home to 60,000 civilians, according to the UN.

On Tuesday, the Syrian Central Military Media released a video showing a convoy of SUVs from the ICRC and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent escorting two aid trucks into Madaya.

Kevin Kennedy, UN regional humanitarian coordinator for the Syrian crisis, said this is the first such aid deliveries to the villages since last November.

Elsewhere in southwestern Dara’a Province, local officials said a convoy consisting of 35 trucks and carrying 275 tons of aid supplies provided by the ICRC were dispatched to a number of towns.