The Untied Nations suspended its aid shipments into Syria following a deadly attack on a convoy transporting humanitarian supplies on Tuesday, reports Reuters.
The Syrian army and Russia, who is allied to the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad, both denied that either of their air forces or armed forces were responsible for the attack.
Syria’s army on Monday declared to the US and Russia backed ceasefire on Monday, whilst the US said it was still hopeful of extending the truce.
In a statement released shortly after the attack, the UN aid chief Stephen O’Brian said,
“If this callous attack is found to be deliberate targeting of humanitarians, it would amount to a war crime.”
A UN humanitarian aid spokesman told reporters that, “As an immediate security measure, other convoy movements in Syria have been suspended for the time being pending further assessment of the security situation.”
The US State Department spokesman John Kirby, said,
“The destination of this convoy was known to the Syrian regime and the Russian federation and yet this aid workers were killed in their attempt to provide relief to the Syrian people.”
Mr Kirby added that Washington would raise the issue with Moscow and reassess the future of its cooperation with Russia.
The Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peksv added that it was unlikely that the deteriorating ceasefire could be salvaged.