Aid trucks enter besieged Syria town
January 10, 2016 11:00 pm
• Last Updated: January 11, 2016 9:43 am
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, second right, meets with U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura, second left, in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016. Syria is ready to attend peace talks later this month in Geneva but the government wants to see lists of the opposition groups who will attend and ensure that "terrorist" groups that will not, the country's foreign minister said Saturday according to SANA. (SANA via AP)
DAMASCUS, Syria — At least three trucks bringing food and medicine to a besieged Syrian town near the Lebanese border have entered the town.
The humanitarian aid to Madaya, blockaded by government troops and their allies for months, is part of a large-scale U.N.-supported aid operation in the war-ravaged country.
An aid convoy is to simultaneously enter the Shiite villages of Foua and Kfarya in Idlib province, under siege by rebels seeking to oust President Bashar Assad.
An Associated Press crew on the outskirts of Madaya said three trucks crossed into the town Monday evening.
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