"GENEVA: The U.N. said Thursday it would begin flying desperately-needed aid from Damascus to the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli, which has been inaccessible by domestic roads for more than two years.
"We are just about to launch an air bridge into Qamishli from Damascus," the U.N.'s humanitarian coordinator for Syria, Yacoub El Hillo, told reporters.
"The reason for this is that we have run out of meaningful means to reach people over land," he said, adding that the airlift "will bring life-saving assistance to a very large number of people."
Qamishli, near the Turkish border, lies in Hassakeh governorate, which can only be reached by road in Syria by driving through the governorates of Raqqa and Deir al-Zor, which are dominated by ISIS."
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