Syria conflict: 'Barrel bombs dropped on Darayya' after aid delivery

The UN's humanitarian arm posted images of the first food delivery reaching Darayya

The Syrian government bombarded the besieged Damascus suburb of Darayya hours after the arrival of its first food aid since 2012, residents said.

Darayya's city council said 28 barrel bombs were dropped from helicopters, preventing the aid from being delivered to residents.


Overnight, trucks carrying medicine, food and flour reached the town. Meanwhile Kurdish-led forces said they had encircled a stronghold of so-called Islamic State (IS) in northern Syria.

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said they had cut off the road between Manbij and Bab, north-east of Aleppo. The US-backed offensive aims to expel IS militants from the region to the north of the group's de facto capital, Raqqa.