UNFPA aid reaches Deir Ez-Zor City for the first time in three years

Language EnglishDamascus, Syria – For the first time in three years, UNFPA has been able to send aid to the city of Deir Ez-Zor, where tens of thousands of people are in urgent need. Relief was provided through a humanitarian convoy organized by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent.Deir Ez-Zor is the largest city in eastern Syria, and it has had been besieged by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS or Da ' esh) since 2014. It was only last week that the siege was broken and humanitarian access was restored.
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