UN: Relief Convoy Bombed in Northern Syria Hours After Damascus Scraps Truce

A top United Nations relief official says a joint U.N. and Syrian Red Crescent convoy was bombed Monday west of the Syrian city of Aleppo, with many humanitarian workers killed or wounded. Special U.N. advisor Jan Egeland, speaking in New York late in the day, said the convoy carried emergency relief to nearly 80,000 people, but he could not provide immediate details on casualties. Opposition-linked Syrian activists said at least 12 aid workers and truck drivers were killed in the attack,...

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