UN aid convoys headed to two Syrian towns besieged by government forces on Tuesday to deliver life-saving food and medicine to some 30,000 people, a UN spokesman said, according to AFP.
The deliveries to the towns of Moadamiyeh and Kafr Batna, near Damascus, came after aid reached five besieged towns last week, part of a major push to reach civilians facing starvation.
"These are the first of what we hope to be a series of deliveries to meet
the needs of people that humanitarian workers have not been able to reach for a long time," said UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric.