Aid Groups Deliver Life-Saving Supplies To 10,000 Syrians Under Government Siege

ISTANBUL -- International aid groups on Wednesday successfully delivered food and life-saving supplies to an estimated 10,000 Syrians living in a besieged Damascus suburb. Children crowded around the aid convoy excitedly, activists said, adding that locals danced and sang as the convoy pulled in, especially welcoming the arrival of flour. 

The delivery, a collaboration between the United Nations, the Syrian Red Crescent and the International Committee of the Red Cross, was the first of its kind to make it to Harasta, a rebel-held area that has been under siege by the Syrian government since 2013.