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| Syria conflict: UN suspends all aid after convoy hit | Syria conflict: UN suspends all aid after convoy hit |
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| The UN has suspended all aid convoys in Syria after its lorries were attacked by warplanes near Aleppo on Monday. | The UN has suspended all aid convoys in Syria after its lorries were attacked by warplanes near Aleppo on Monday. |
| The convoy had received proper permits, and all warring parties - including Russia and the US - had been notified, a UN spokesman said. | The convoy had received proper permits, and all warring parties - including Russia and the US - had been notified, a UN spokesman said. |
| Eighteen of the 31 lorries, containing wheat, winter clothes and medical supplies, were destroyed. | Eighteen of the 31 lorries, containing wheat, winter clothes and medical supplies, were destroyed. |
| A senior official of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent was among a number of civilians killed. | A senior official of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent was among a number of civilians killed. |
| The President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Peter Maurer, has described the attack as a "flagrant violation of international humanitarian law". | |
| The US has expressed "outrage" over the attack, which took place in the town of Urum al-Kubra hours after the Syrian army declared a US-Russian brokered truce over. | |
| Washington has said it will "reassess the future prospects for co-operation" with Russia - an ally of Syria's government. | |
| Aid deliveries to besieged areas had been a key part of the cessation of hostilities deal brokered last week. | |
| The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring group, said the attacks were carried out by either Syrian or Russian aircraft. | |
| It said the dead included Red Crescent volunteers and drivers. | |
| The convoy was being unloaded at a Red Crescent warehouse when it came under attack. It had been due to deliver aid for 78,000 people in rebel-held areas near Aleppo. | |
| A health clinic near the warehouse was also badly damaged. | |
| "The destination of this convoy was known to the Syrian regime and the Russian Federation," state department spokesman John Kirby said. | |
| "And yet these aid workers were killed in their attempt to provide relief to the Syrian people," he added. |