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Geneva The Red Cross said Thursday its president had travelled with a convoy carrying desperately needed food into Syria's rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta. Hunger-stricken residents in Ghouta's largest town, Douma, received food aid Thursday from a 25-truck aid convoy, carrying enough supplies to feed 26,100 people for a month. In a statement, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said its president"Peter Maurer is travelling with the convoy to see first-hand the process of delivering the assistance and to talk with residents". A spokeswoman told AFP this was the first time the ICRC chief had travelled with such an aid convoy. (AFP)
