20 UN aid trucks access HTS Syria’s Idlib
IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – On Tuesday, a new UN humanitarian aid convoy accessed northwest Syria through Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey north of Idlib.
Sources told North Press the convoy, which consisted of 20 UN trucks, entered areas held by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS, formerly al-Nusra Front) in Idlib before afternoon.
The trucks are part of the UN aid plan meant to support people affected by the February earthquakes.
Trucks were distributed to UN partners in the region, 11 trucks with 1.200 hygiene kit and 900 tents were received by Watan foundation.
Hand organization received seven trucks laden with 58.5 tons of medical supplies, and the World Food Programme (WFP) and White hands Association received two trucks.
So far, neither the UN nor its partners have commented on the distribution mechanism amid ongoing talks about aid being stolen by Turkish-backed Syrian opposition factions and local councils.
On March 4, a UN convoy of humanitarian aid arrived in areas in northwest Syria through Bab al-Hawa border crossing the second in 24 hours.
Bab al-Hawa border crossing announced that the number of the UN relief aid arrived in Idlib through the crossing since the fourth day after the February 6 quake has reached 493 Trucks all of them were handed over to the UN local partners in the area.
At dawn on Feb. 6, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit northwest Syria and southern Turkey, killing thousands and injuring many more. The earthquake also caused immense destruction of buildings, trapping thousands under the rubble.
The earthquake claimed the lives of about 4.500 people in northwest Syria, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said on Feb. 20.