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UN suspends all Syria aid convoys after air strike

by Reuters
Tuesday, 20 September 2016 09:10 GMT

Damaged Red Cross and Red Crescent medical supplies lie inside a warehouse after an airstrike on the rebel held Urm al-Kubra town, western Aleppo city, Syria September 20, 2016. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah

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U.N. has recently received permission from the Syrian government to deliver aid to all besieged areas in the country

GENEVA, Sept 20 (Reuters) - The United Nations has suspended all aid convoy movements in Syria after an air strike hit a 31-truck convoy late on Monday, U.N. humanitarian aid spokesman Jens Laerke said on Tuesday.

"As an immediate security measure, other convoy movements in Syria have been suspended for the time being pending further assessment of the security sitaution," he told a briefing, adding that the U.N. had recently received permission from the Syrian government to deliver aid to all besieged areas in the country.

(Reporting by Tom Miles and Stephanie Nebehay)

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