Forty-five-year-old Samir Salim (L), who along with his three brothers are members of the White Helmets rescue forces, looks out at destroyed buildings in the town of Medeira in Syria's rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area on February 12, 2018. AFP / ABDULMON
Beirut: The first aid convoy since November entered the Syrian rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta Monday, the UN said, after intensive bombardment by the army killed more than 250 civilians last week.
"First UN and Syrian Red Crescent inter-agency convoy this year crossed conflict lines to Nashabieh in Eastern Ghouta to deliver food, health and nutrition supplies for 7,200 people in the besieged enclave," the UN humanitarian affairs office said.
Some 400,000 people live in the enclave outside Damascus where they have been under siege by the army since 2013, facing severe food and medicine shortages.
