The UN said Sunday (December 9th) it has begun delivering aid to hundreds of thousands of Syrians through the Jaber-Nassib border crossing with Jordan, which reopened two months ago, AFP reported.
In total, 369 trucks carrying 11,200 metric tonnes of assistance for more than 650,000 people will be involved in the four-week operation, according to the UN's Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
The "exceptional" delivery, which amounts to one-month's worth of aid, would be carried out by six UN agencies and one international non-governmental organisation, it added.
"This is a major logistical operation in an effort to mitigate the suffering of the Syrian people," said Anders Pedersen, the UN humanitarian co-ordinator in Jordan.
Among the immediate needs of Syrians were food, shelter, water and medical care, according to OCHA.
"We are working closely with our UN partners inside Syria to ensure this assistance reaches those who need it most," Pedersen added.
