Alwaght- Humanitarian aid trucks arrived on Monday in the besieged Syrian towns of Kefraya and Fouaa at the same time when aid convoys also reached to Madaya in Damascus countryside.
Media reports said forty-four trucks operated by the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Syrian Red Crescent, the United Nations and World Food Program left from Damascus for Madaya on Monday afternoon.
Earlier, 21 trucks carrying similar supplies left for the besieged towns of Fuaa and Kafraya, which are under militants siege in the northwest of the country.
Syria’s official news agency, SANA, said earlier in the day that the trucks had set off from Damascus and reached the outskirts of the three towns. The delivery is part of a deal sealed last week between the government and the militants and sponsored by the United Nations.
Reports have emerged over the past few days claiming that several people have died of starvation in Madaya, most of them patients. Pro-government sources have rejected the claims, saying militants in the area have withheld food from needy citizens.
The situation in Foua and Kfarya could be as dire as Madaya, although media have barely covered the siege story of the two places, instead focusing on Madaya which has been encircled by government forces and allies.
Fuaa and Kafraya are more than 300 kilometers (180 miles) from Damascus, while Madaya is about 40 kilometers from the capital.
The trucks are carrying food, water, infant formula, blankets and medication for acute and chronic illnesses, as well as surgical supplies.
It has been four years since a civil war broke out in Syria. Hundreds of thousands have been killed in the brutality of extremist terrorist groups such as ISIS and the Al-Nusra Front in Iraq and Syria…Millions of others displaced from their homes. The United Nations says the number of the Syrian war refugees reached 7.6 million by the end of 2015, of whom 4.27 million have sought and will seek refuge in other countries.
The Syrian government blames the United States along with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey and the Israeli regime for backing terrorist groups inside the country.