Eastern Ghouta: Assad forces strip trauma kits and surgical supplies from aid convoy meant for desperate civilians | The Independent

Regime ground offensive captures one-third of besieged enclave in manoeuvre to cut it in half

An aid convoy intended to bring food and basic medicines to desperate Syrian civilians in Eastern Ghouta was stripped of vital medical supplies as it entered the besieged rebel-held suburbs.

Syrian government authorities removed most medical supplies from the trucks, preventing trauma kits, surgical supplies, insulin and dialysis equipment from reaching the battered enclave of 400,000 people, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said.

Eastern Ghouta has been under siege by government forces since 2013 and the United Nations feared people inside were running out of food and medicine even before a major assault began two weeks ago.

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