On Tuesday, the organization announced that some 30,000 people in the cities of Moadamiyeh and Kafr Batna received medical and food supplies.
"These are the first of what we hope to be series of deliveries to meet the needs of people that humanitarian workers have not been able to reach for a long time. The humanitarian community continues to call for unconditional, unimpeded and sustained access to the 4.6 million people in Syria who are in hard-to-reach and besieged towns across the country," spokesman Stephane Dujarric said, as quoted by the United Nations.
Syria has been mired in civil war since 2011, with the country’s government fighting numerous opposition factions and jihadist groups, including Islamic State and the Nusra Front, both outlawed in many countries including Russia.
The International Syria Support Group (ISSG) meeting on February 12 resulted in a final communique calling for swift humanitarian access to all besieged areas in Syria, and set a one-week deadline for measures to be implemented toward the cessation of hostilities in the country.
On Monday, Russia and the United States announced an agreement on cessation of hostilities between the Syrian government of President Bashar Assad and the armed opposition factions had been reached in accordance with the ISSG communique. The ceasefire will come into force on February 27.
