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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11466

13 January 2016
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) syria
EU contributes to first humanitarian aid convoy to Madaya

Brussels, 12/01/2016 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 12 January, the European Commission confirmed that an initial convoy of emergency humanitarian aid, destined mainly for Madaya and co-financed by the EU, had arrived safely in Syria during the evening of Monday 11 January. The Commission also confirmed that the aid was being distributed to the starving people in the besieged town of Madaya.

The convoy, comprising 49 lorries from the United Nations, International Committee for the Red Cross,...