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First UN aid since June for Syrians trapped

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UN agencies announced Thursday the first delivery since June of desperately-needed food and hygiene supplies to tens of thousands of Syrians trapped on the border with Jordan.

The announcement came in a joint statement by the heads of the World Food Programme, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the children's agency UNICEF and the International Organization for Migration.

Jordan closed its border with Syria in June after a suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group killed seven soldiers.

The attack took place near a makeshift desert camp and aid groups have since been unable to deliver supplies to tens of thousands of Syrian refugees stranded at the border.

The heads of the four UN agencies announced the "successful completion (on Thursday) of a relief operation to provide more than 75,000 people with food and humanitarian items".

"Unable either to cross the border or turn back, the situation facing these women, men and children has grown more dire by the day," they said.

"Sheltering in makeshift tents in harsh desert conditions with temperatures of up to 50 degrees Celsius (120 degrees Fahrenheit) and sudden sand storms, they are without sufficient food and have barely enough water to survive," the statement added.

World Food Programme spokeswoman in Jordan, Shaza Moghrabi, told AFP the aid included 650 tonnes of food including rice, lentils and dates.
They were delivered by drones, while cranes were also used to carry supplies across the border where the refugees are trapped, she said.

Jordan agreed in July to a one-off aid delivery for those trapped on its border after an appeal by the United Nations.

On Thursday, Jordan's government spokesman Mohamed Momani repeated that the aid delivery would be a one-off.

The aid was delivered on Tuesday and Wednesday and completed on Thursday, Momani said, adding "it will be the only time" because the supplies are expected to last for a month.

"The border region remains a closed military zone and the problem of those trapped there is an international problem, not a Jordanian problem," he said.

Jordan declared the border area a "military zone" after the June attack, blocking access to Syrian refugees and sparking fears over their fate.

"The United Nations and the international community must find other means of providing them with aid," he told AFP, adding that Amman was "ready to assume its responsibilities if other countries assume theirs".

The UN aid agency heads warned that health care was "urgently" needed, particularly for pregnant women, children and other vulnerable groups such as the elderly and the sick trapped along the border.

"We look forward to further efforts to reach people at the berm with humanitarian assistance in time to save their lives," they said, thanking the Jordanian government for its cooperation.

Several international aid and rights groups have urged Jordan to keep its borders open to refugees fleeing Syria's five-year war.

Jordan already hosts hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees.

Source: AFP

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