Russia Provides Aleppo Residents of Russian Origin With Humanitarian Aid

Russian servicemen have delivered humanitarian aid, mostly food, for 65 families of Russian origin in the Syrian city of Aleppo, a representative of the Russian center for Syrian reconciliation at the Hmeimim airbase told journalists.

ALEPPO (Sputnik) – Syria has been mired in civil war since 2011, with government forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad fighting numerous opposition factions and extremist groups. A US-Russia-brokered ceasefire came into force across Syria on February 27, but it does not apply to terrorist organizations active in the country.

"Today, representatives of the center for reconciliation of the warring parties brought from Hmeimim to Aleppo another batch of humanitarian aid for Syrian citizens of Russian origin. We provide this aid to people who are in dire need of this assistance," the spokesman said.

Radical militants continue to conduct shelling in Aleppo with several reports having emerged recently of chemical weapons being used in the city, particularly in the predominantly Kurdish Sheikh Maqsoud district.