U.N. begins aid delivery to besieged area in Syria

Tuesday, March 6, 2018

BEIRUT -- A U.N. convoy carrying desperately needed food and medicine to besieged civilians entered the war-ravaged eastern suburbs of Damascus on Monday, but aid agencies said Syrian authorities blocked the delivery of some of the health supplies, including trauma and surgical kits and insulin.

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