Ammar Abdallah
(Aleppo, Syria) – On November 15 members of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent led a humanitarian convoy to eastern Aleppo, via the International Damascus-Aleppo Road. The aid was delivered to the relief agency’s warehouses before being distributed to communities in Aleppo’s eastern neighbourhoods.
Donated by the United Nations’ Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Aleppo, the aid convoy consisted of 12 trucks, each loaded with items from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organisation (WHO). The aid included mattresses, blankets, detergents, adult and baby nappies, kitchen tools, plastic sheeting, nutritional supplements for children, and various medications.
Damascus Bureau’s Ammar Abdallah accompanied the convoy and took the following photographs.
The convoy departs from regime-controlled areas
The drivers take a break during the journey.
Red Crescent trucks stopped due to shelling of the road between the city and the suburbs
A truck loaded with aid from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees
The convoy drives past the dirt that had previously blocked the road
Free Syrian Army soldiers search the trucks.
The aid is distributed to various Red Crescent committees in all areas of Aleppo
A truck arrives at a Red Crescent warehouse in the neighbourhood of Jisr Al-Hajj
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