UN Aid Reaches Manbij for First Time
The United Nations and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent
(SARC) reported that they conducted an interagency convoy to Manbij carrying
humanitarian assistance to meet the needs of tens of thousands of people.
“This is the first time we manage to deliver
assistance to Manbij through Aleppo and one of the factors that made it possible
was the collaboration and support by all the parties in the area,” the UN’s
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) quoted its resident
coordinator in Syria, Fran Equiza, as saying.
Some 37 trucks carried 862 metric tons of food, non-food
items, education materials, nutrition and medical supplies to the city, the
OCHA statement said.
“Food supplies will cover the needs of 50,000 people
for approximately 30 days, while the medical supplies consisting of a range of
life-saving medicines, will suffice to treat 81,000 people,” the statement
added.
