(VOVworld) – Syrian authorities and rebel groups agreed on access for food and medical aid convoys to some besieged areas in northern and southern Syria.

The aid convoys are a collaboration between the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent. (Photo: EPA)

Truckloads of food stuffs will be delivered to the pro-government towns of Kafraya and Foa in the countryside of the northwestern province of Idlib. Other truckloads will be sent to the rebel-held towns of Madaya, Serghya, Buqain, and Zabadani in the countryside surrounding the capital Damascus. The aid convoys are a collaboration between the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent.