Renewed shelling of Eastern Ghouta is putting a humanitarian aid convoy that entered the besieged rebel enclave on Friday at risk, the United Nations said.
A convoy of trucks carrying food aid from the UN, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent entered Eastern Ghouta around two hours earlier.
A convoy of Syrian Arab Red Crescent trucks. Source: AAP
"Shelling in proximity of Douma, east Ghouta today, is putting the UN/ICRC/SARC convoy at risk, despite assurances of safety from parties including the Russian Federation," the UN humanitarian coordinator in Syria, Ali al-Zaatari, said in a statement.
Friday's convoy was delivering aid that could not be offloaded on Monday, when relief was allowed in for the first time since the Syrian regime and its allies launched a blistering assault on the enclave on February 18.
It was interrupted by bombardment and fighting in the area, depriving thousands of civilians of desperately needed aid.
"The UN calls for a cessation of hostilities in the area and for calm throughout Syria so that aid can be safely delivered to people in need," Zaatari said.
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