<span style="font-size: 15px;" id="_oneup">FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct.2, 2012 file photo, smoke rises over Saif Al Dawla district, in Aleppo,Syria. Residents in the rebel-held districts of Aleppo have a reprievefrom the incessant bombings by Syrian government warplanes and thepromise of an end to the crippling siege that has left produce stallsbare. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo, File)</span>
September 18, 2016
12 killed in strike on aid convoy in Syria
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — Twelve people were killed in an attack on an aid convoy in Aleppo province late Monday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, adding that 32 civilians had been killed in total across the region.
The monitor said 12 Red Crescent volunteers and drivers of trucks died in the Orum al-Kudra area after the Syrian army announced the end of a ceasefire.
The attack on the convoy was confirmed by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
“The situation on the spot is very chaotic and we are deeply shocked that humanitarian workers and missions have yet again suffered from the brutality of this conflict,” ICRC spokeswoman Ingy Sedky told AFP.
