Aid supplies reach 30,000 people in besieged areas of Syria

Thirty-one aid trucks carrying medical and humanitarian supplies for 29,500 people reached Fouah and Kafraya in Syria's Idlib governorate, and Zabadani and Madaya in Rural Damascus governorate on Sunday, said a UN spokesman at Monday's daily briefing.

"Yesterday's mission was critical as it allowed aid organizations to reach thousands of people in these besieged locations with urgently needed assistance," said Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the secretary-general.

The joint UN, International Committee of the Red Cross and Syrian Arab Red Crescent aid convoy, was made possible within the framework of the Zabadani, Fouah and Kafraya ceasefire agreement reached in Istanbul on Sept. 22, with the facilitation of the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, said Dujarric.

"Negotiations continue with the aim of delivering further humanitarian and medical supplies," he added.

The UN and its partners look forward to the implementation of the remaining points covered under the agreement, including the urgent evacuation of critically wounded people, he said.

"The UN calls on the parties to facilitate these lifesaving humanitarian actions," he said.