The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) announced that the Damascus government blocked delivery of aid sent from Sulaymaniyah to the earthquake victims in the region.

According to the AANES statement on its website, the trucks sent by the people of Sulaymaniyah to the earthquake victims in Shehba, Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyah have been obstructed by the Syrian regime forces for six days.

The statement said that 25 trucks of aid supplies were enabled to access the Tahiyah border crossing by AANES six days ago, but the Damascus government has not approved their passage through the border crossing yet.

“In February, 100 tankers of fuel oil, prepared by AANES for Shehba and Aleppo, were obstructed by the Damascus government for 9 days and half of it was then confiscated,” said AANES.