U.N. suspends all aid convoys in Syria following attack on humanitarian workers

The United Nations will suspend all aid convoys to Syria after war planes struck aid trucks in the Urm al-Kubra region, near Aleppo, on Monday, killing at least 12. Airstrikes also hit a warehouse run by the Syrian Red Crescent.

"Yesterday's attack was a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law and it is unacceptable. Failing to protect humanitarian workers and structures might have serious repercussions on humanitarian work in the country," said ICRC President Peter Maurer. U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O'Brien called the attack a likely war crime if an investigation reveals the humanitarian workers were intentionally targeted.

In the Urm al-Kubra region alone, nearly 78,000 people need aid.

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