Militant groups have attacked the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) vehicles carrying humanitarian aid to an area near the Syrian capital, Damascus.
Militants opened fire on convoys from the ICRC and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) trying to enter al-Mazaya district in Damascus on Wednesday, Lebanon’s al-Ahd news website reported.
A number of aid workers were injured in the incident and three of them are reportedly in a critical condition.
On Tuesday, the two relief agencies delivered some 6,500 food packages to a number of villages in the town of Souq Wadi Barada.
This came as the Syrian Army made fresh gains in areas north of Aleppo. Local residents from the town of Tal Rif’at, which is located about 12 miles from the Turkish frontier, together with government forces ousted militants from the rebel group al-Nusra Front. At least two people were injured in the operation.
The Syrian military backed by Russian airstrikes has recently inflicted heavy losses on foreign-backed militants during operations on different fronts. Over the past few weeks, the Syrian forces have also gained more ground against militants north of Latakia.
The conflict in Syria began in March 2011 and has reportedly claimed the lives of more than 260,000 people with millions of Syrians displaced inside and outside the war-torn country.
Editor's note: This article has been edited from the source material.
