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UN aid convoy enters Islamist-held enclave near Damascus
A convoy of the Red Cross vehicles arrive in Eastern Ghouta, Syria
AN AID convoy organised by the UN and other agencies entered the insurgent-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta in Syria today.
The 46 lorries were carrying medicines and food for 27,000 people.
The delivery was the first to the region in nearly three weeks and the first to Douma, the largest and most populated town in Eastern Ghouta, since November.
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