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| Syria conflict: First aid for Darayya since 2012 | |
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| The besieged Syrian town of Darayya has received its first aid convoy since November 2012, according to the country's Red Cross. | |
| In April, UN aid officials said the town was suffering dire shortages of food, clean water and medicine. | |
| A 48-hour ceasefire for the town, which lies south of Damascus, came into force early on Wednesday. | |
| Vaccines, baby milk, medicine and nutritional goods were being delivered, the UN's humanitarian arm said. | |
| In April, the UN said at least 4,000 people were besieged in the town by Syrian government forces. | |
| Darayya's electricity supply was cut off more than three years ago. | |
| Speaking at the time, UN emergency relief co-ordinator Stephen O'Brien said the Syrian government had ignored "countless" requests for aid to be allowed in. | |
| An aid convoy was blocked from entering the town last month, despite all involved parties agreeing aid could be delivered. | |
| Syrian town in 'extremely dire' state | |
| What's left of Syria? | |
| Russia's defence ministry said on Wednesday it had agreed a "regime of calm" with the Syrian authorities for 48 hours to allow for the distribution of humanitarian aid in Darayya. | |
| The suburb borders a military airport used by Russian planes in support of the government of President Bashar al-Assad. |