(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels recaptured ground from regime forces in the besieged town of Daraya on the western outskirts of Damascus, local activists said Saturday.
Shuhada' al-Islam Brigade has taken most of checkpoints it wast lost in the western neighborhoods last week.
Daraya has been hit by 13 surface-to surface missiles and tens artillery shells and mortars, residents said.
On Friday, Shuhada' al-Islam Brigade made a corpse swap with regime forces. 7 bodies for army soldiers were exchanged with 3 bodies for rebels.
Damascus gave the United Nations and the Red Cross approval on Thursday to send humanitarian aid convoys into at least 11 of 19 besieged areas, including Daraya, during June after the United States and Britain called for air drops due to a lack of access.
Daraya has not received food since 2012 and the United Nations said a delivery planned for Friday has been delayed. Daraya was not on the Syrian list of approved destinations for humanitarian relief convoys.
However, Jan Egeland, chairman of the U.N. humanitarian task force, said there were "clear indications" that a food convoy would go to Daraya within days.
In a statement the Syrian Mission to the United Nations named the besieged areas of Kafr Batna, Saqba, Hammura, Jisrein, Zabadin, East Harasta, Zamalka, Madaya, Foua, Kefraya and Yarmouk on its approved list, along with some 25 other areas.
It also named two other besieged areas - Daraya and Douma - on a list of eight places approved to receive medical assistance, school supplies and milk for children. (With Reuters)
Shuhada' al-Islam Brigade has taken most of checkpoints it wast lost in the western neighborhoods last week.
Daraya has been hit by 13 surface-to surface missiles and tens artillery shells and mortars, residents said.
On Friday, Shuhada' al-Islam Brigade made a corpse swap with regime forces. 7 bodies for army soldiers were exchanged with 3 bodies for rebels.
Damascus gave the United Nations and the Red Cross approval on Thursday to send humanitarian aid convoys into at least 11 of 19 besieged areas, including Daraya, during June after the United States and Britain called for air drops due to a lack of access.
Daraya has not received food since 2012 and the United Nations said a delivery planned for Friday has been delayed. Daraya was not on the Syrian list of approved destinations for humanitarian relief convoys.
However, Jan Egeland, chairman of the U.N. humanitarian task force, said there were "clear indications" that a food convoy would go to Daraya within days.
In a statement the Syrian Mission to the United Nations named the besieged areas of Kafr Batna, Saqba, Hammura, Jisrein, Zabadin, East Harasta, Zamalka, Madaya, Foua, Kefraya and Yarmouk on its approved list, along with some 25 other areas.
It also named two other besieged areas - Daraya and Douma - on a list of eight places approved to receive medical assistance, school supplies and milk for children. (With Reuters)
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