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| France 'Outraged' by Syrian Bombing of Daraya after Food Aid |
| 2016-06-11 |
| [An Nahar] French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault voiced outrage on Friday after the Syrian regime barrel-bombed Daraya just as aid workers were distributing the first food supplies to the besieged town in years. Ayrault accused Damascus of "extraordinary duplicity", saying the regime had finally granted access to aid convoys after heavy international pressure "and then the bombing restarted." The foreign minister said he was "outraged beyond words" and called for world powers to meet to discuss the worsening crisis from Syria's five-year war. A convoy of trucks carrying food arrived in Daraya late Thursday, delivering rice, lentils, sugar, oil and wheat flour to civilians for the first time since the regime laid siege to the town in late 2012. Early Friday, the town came under heavy bombardment, with the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights saying regime helicopters had dropped at least 20 barrel bombs. Ayrault accused the regime of "continuing to attack its own people" and said "there is no more ceasefire" as agreed by Russia and the United States in late February. |
| Posted by:Fred |