The United Nations said Wednesday the first humanitarian convoy in months had entered a besieged suburb east of the Syrian capital carrying aid and food supplies to some 7,000 people.
The convoy entered Nashabiyah, a town about 19 kilometers east of Damascus, and is one of a number of towns in the besieged eastern Ghouta area. It is the first humanitarian aid convoy to enter the region, controlled by opposition rebels and home to nearly 400,000 residents, since the end of November.
"It is way overdue," said Linda Tom, of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, in Damascus.
