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Aid for 40,000 enters besieged rebel area near Damascus: UN

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Last Updated : Oct 30 2017 | 8:07 PM IST
A convoy carrying aid for some 40,000 people entered the besieged rebel-held Eastern Ghouta region outside Syria's capital Damascus today, a UN spokeswoman told AFP.
The joint UN-Syrian Arab Red Crescent convoy was carrying aid to the Kafr Batna and Saqba districts, a week after doctors said at least two children in Eastern Ghouta had died of malnutrition and related complications.

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First Published: Oct 30 2017 | 8:07 PM IST

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