Aid Convoys Cannot Reach US-controlled Rukban Refugee Camp Because Of Security Threats: Russia’s Top Brass

The convoy, carrying more than 450 tonnes of food and medicines, was due to be sent on October 27.

“However, the delivery of the convoy was again disrupted over the threat of an attack against it within the 55-km zone controlled by the Americans,” Konashenkov said.

According to the defense spokesman, the US is responsible for the dire humanitarian situation in the area because it had illegally occupied the vast Syrian region.

“The humanitarian crisis in Al-Tanf has been artificially cultivated by the US for several years with the goal of creating a permanent breeding ground of recruits from the refugees at the Rukban camp for the militant groups it controls in order to carry out recurrent acts of sabotage against the Syrian military and authorities in the adjacent areas,” Konashenkov explained.

The Syrian government and the Russian military have called on the US military in this area several times to provide assistance to the refugees.

Several meetings with UN personnel and US representatives controlling the area had been held and all conditions had been created for sending the convoy from the Syrian side. Nonetheless, US-backed militant groups as well as ISIS units freely operating in the area thanks to the US actions created conditions in which humanitarian aid cannot be delivered.