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UN suspends all convoys in Syria after attack on aid trucks

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The UN humanitarian aid agency suspended all convoys in Syria on Tuesday following deadly airstrikes on aid trucks the previous night that activists said killed at least 12 people, mostly truck drivers and Red Crescent workers.

 

The attack plunged Syria's US-Russia-brokered ceasefire further into grave doubt. The Syrian military, just hours earlier, had declared the week-long truce had failed. The United States said it was prepared to extend the truce deal and Russia—after blaming rebels for the violations—suggested it could still be salvaged.

 

It was not clear who was behind the attack late on Monday, which sent a red fireball into the sky in the dead of night over a rural area in Aleppo province. Both Syrian and Russian aircraft operate over the province, while the US-led coalition targets the ISIS group in other parts of the country.

 

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