An international aid convoy has been hit by an air strike near the Syrian city of Aleppo according to the Syrian Red Crescent.<br /><br /> At least 18 of the 31 vehicles were struck as they were delivering assistance for 78,000 people in a rebel-held area.<br /><br /> One report said at least 12 people were killed, most of them drivers.<br /><br /> Scene where humanitarian aid convoy struck by Russian/Syrian airstrike in #Aleppo countryside Conflicts pic.twitter.com/1G637hRqEf— Ù‹Ward Alyafe (ward_alyafe) September 19, 2016<br /> <br /><br /> UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, said it was an “outrage”.<br />“The convoy was the outcome of a long process of permission and preparations to assist isolated civilians,” he said in a statement.<br /><br /> Aid deliveries to besieged areas were a key part of the cessation of hostilities deal brokered by the US and Russia seven days ago.<br /><br /> However earlier the Syrian military announced in a statement that the effect of that “truce regime” which came into force on September 12 was now at an end.<br /><br /> Airstrikes began almost immediately on Aleppo and other major cities.The Syrian military and rebels had accused each other of violating the truce.<br /><br /> The Syrian Observatory of Human Rights claims the aid convoy was hit by Syrian or Russian warplanes.<br />
