The first major distribution of emergency food rations in Aleppo since October has begun on both sides of the frontlines, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Wednesday.
The Syrian government finally gave approval this week for the operation – plans for which were submitted in January – to feed 60,000 people in the divided northern city, with the distribution carried out by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, the president of ICRC, Peter Maurer, said.
"We have a major food distribution ongoing in Aleppo. It is the first time in months on that scale," Maurer said in Geneva.
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