Al-Nusra raids UN humanitarian aid convoy in Syria

(AhlulBayt News Agency) - "On February 20, there was an attempted passage of a humanitarian convoy of the United Nations and humanitarian agencies from Homs to the settlement of al-Waer, where militants of illegal armed groups, including opposition and al-Nusra Front, are located. The Russian servicemen of the Syrian reconciliation center were accompanying the convoy," a diplomatic source told Sputnik on Tuesday.

According to the source, the aid deliveries were derailed by an attack of militants against the convoy. They could have used the attack "as a live shield" so that the Syrian army could not return fire.

"As a result of the attack by the militants, civilians and servicemen of the Syrian government army were killed and wounded. The militants used mortars and carried out sniper and machine-gun fire. The Russian representatives were not wounded. The campaign to deliver humanitarian aid to the people of the al-Waer region was derailed," the source said.

The source stressed that "this is the third incident in a row where a convoy from Homs to al-Waer is attacked by militants."

Since 2011, Syria has been engulfed in a civil war, with government forces fighting against numerous opposition and terrorist groups, including al-Nusra Front and Daesh (ISIS) , banned in a range of countries.


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