"It is the first time in three years of this brutal conflict that the UN has been able to carry aid across into Syria from Turkey," Nigel Fisher, the United Nations' regional humanitarian coordinator, said in a statement.
The convoy became possible after the UN Security Council last month unanimously called on Syrian authorities and rebels to allow humanitarian supplies across front lines and borders by the most direct routes, to reach an estimated 9.3 million people in need.
First UN aid convoy enters Syria via Turkey - Middle East - Al Jazeera English
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