By Cem Genco
HATAY, Turkey (AA) - The United Nations on Wednesday dispatched 36 trucks of humanitarian aid to Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib.
The trucks passed through Turkey’s Cilvegozu border gate in the southern Hatay province. The aid will be distributed among needy people in Idlib and its rural parts.
Syria has been locked in a vicious civil war since early 2011, when the Bashar al-Assad regime cracked down on pro-democracy protests.
Turkey and Russia agreed last September to turn Idlib into a de-escalation zone in which acts of aggression would be expressly prohibited.
The regime, however, has consistently broken the terms of the ceasefire, launching frequent attacks inside the de-escalation zone.