Aid trucks in Syria's eastern Ghouta were forced to pull out after the government continued its assault on the region.

This was the first aid convoy since the start of the operation. The trucks are now heading back to Damascus without fully unloading the supplies. The United Nations says 400 thousand people are trapped in the region, and the aid is just "a drop in an ocean". The government ordered removal of 70 percent of medical supplies before the convoy reached the area. The shipment of food had also been scaled back. But UN says the rest of the food has been approved for delivery in a second convoy later this week.