UN aid trucks reach Rukban camp in Syria

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United Nations aid convoy yesterday reached the Rukban refugee camp in Syria, next to the border with Jordan, where thousands of people are stranded in the desert, a member of the camp’s local council said.

“The first convoys have entered the camp,” said Abu Abdullah, a member of the civilian council that runs the camp and has coordinated with the UN on humanitarian aid convoys.

Rukban is home to more than 50,000 people whose last UN aid convoy arrived in January. (Reuters)