"A UN humanitarian convoy reached the Kurdish-majority town of Kobane in Syria on Sunday after the Syrian government and Kurdish forces decided to extend a ceasefire agreement by 15 days. The UN's humanitarian agency, OCHA, said on X the 24 trucks carried "life-saving aid, including fuel, bread, and ready-to-eat rations, to support people affected by recent developments." The UN also said the convoy was coordinated with the Syrian government."
"Kobane is surrounded by the Turkish border to the north and forces connected to the Syrian government on all other sides. The town is filled with people displaced by recent clashes between government-linked forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Kurdish forces accused the Syrian army of imposing a siege on the town, with activist warning of a humanitarian crisis due to the lack of food, water and power."
UN humanitarian agency OCHA coordinated a convoy of 24 trucks carrying life-saving aid, including fuel, bread and ready-to-eat rations, to the Kurdish-majority town of Kobane after a 15-day ceasefire extension between the Syrian government and Kurdish forces. The Syrian army announced the opening of two humanitarian corridors to Kobane and the province of al-Hassakeh in the northeast. Kobane is bordered by Turkey to the north and surrounded by forces connected to the Syrian government on other sides, and is filled with people displaced by recent clashes between government-linked forces and the Kurdish-led SDF. Kurdish forces accused the Syrian army of imposing a siege that has sharply reduced food, water and power supplies, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights described the situation as catastrophic with almost complete halts to delivery of basic needs.
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