UN has delivered aid to 16 of 18 besieged areas in Syria
The United Nations says it has delivered humanitarian aid to 16 of the 18 besieged areas in Syria, but two rebel-held areas near Damascus have not received any assistance since November 2012.
U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said Monday that the U.N. has still not been able to deliver any aid to the Damascus suburb of Zamalka and the town of Arbeen east of the Syrian capital.
He said a convoy delivered food, health and nutrition supplies Sunday to two rebel-held areas near Damascus besieged by Syrian forces, Ein Tarma and Hamouria.
Haq said that convoy also delivered assistance to three hard-to-reach communities in the Kafr Batna area near the capital. This means a total of 25,000 people in the five besieged and hard-to reach areas have received aid, he said.
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