Syria’s Idlib receives 1,242 UN aid trucks for quake-hit people
IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – A new UN aid convoy for earthquake-affected people entered on Wednesday areas in northwest Syria through the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey northern Idlib.
With the new aid convoy, which consisted of 62 trucks, the number of the trucks that passed into northwest Syria have reached 1,242.
Sources operating in Bab al-Hawa told North Press that the aid convoy consisted of 62 trucks belonging to the UN entered through the border crossing for people struck by the Feb. 6 earthquake.
At dawn on February 6, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit northwest Syria, killing 5,587 and injuring many more, in addition to leveling thousands of buildings in these areas.
The sources added that the convoy is the second biggest UN convoy so far.
The convoy was handed over to partner organizations of the UN, as six trucks were handed over to Shafaq Organization, four to Nasaem Khair Organization, one to White Hands Organization, 12 to A’taa Organization, six to Mercy Organization, 15 to IYD Organization, and 17 to Ihsan, according to the sources.
The convoy included different kinds of aids most of which were flour and rice in addition to hygiene kits.
The number of UN relief trucks that have arrived in northwestern Syria through Bab al-Hawa since the quake increased to 1,242 trucks, all of which were delivered to the partner organizations.