U.N. humanitarian advisor Jan Egeland said after aid was delayed twice last week because of fighting, it was finally being delivered to the towns of Zabadani, Foua, Kufreya and Madaya on Thursday.

    Egeland, speaking after hosting a regular meeting of countries involved in the Syrian peace process, said we need to have an answer within seven days on permission for convoys to go to six more areas, Egeland said, in hope of reaching 1.1 million people by the end of April and vaccinating all unvaccinated Syrian children.

    The United Nations also wants to drop aid into the town of Deir al-Zor after an unsuccessful previous attempt. Egeland warned that the plane has to fly fast and high to avoid the threat of surface-to-air missiles, adding that better parachutes would hopefully enable the aid palettes to withstand the shock

Source: QNA