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20 Sep 2016

U.N. suspends aid after convoy attack; Kerry says ceasefire ‘not dead’

Author: admintech | Filed under: World

Damaged Red Cross and Red Crescent medical supplies lie inside a warehouse after an airstrike on the rebel held Urm al-Kubra townBy Lisa Barrington GENEVA/BEIRUT (Reuters) – The United Nations suspended all aid shipments into Syria on Tuesday after a deadly attack on a convoy carrying humanitarian supplies, while Washington, expressing outrage at the attack, said a week-old ceasefire was not yet dead. The attack, described by the United Nations, Red Cross, Western countries and rescue workers on the ground as an air strike, drew condemnation from much of the world. Russia and the Syrian government denied that their air forces were responsible for destroying a convoy unloading aid.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/u-n-suspends-aid-convoy-attack-syria-ceasefire-130747407.html