DAMASCUS ¨C A U.N. humanitarian convoy arrived Sunday in the Kurdish-majority town of Kobane, which has been filled recently with people displaced by clashes in northern Syria, a spokesperson said.
Earlier Sunday, Syria¡¯s military said it had opened a humanitarian corridor to the town, also known as Ain al-Arab in Arabic and once a symbol of Kurdish fighters¡¯ victory against Islamic State group (IS) jihadists.
The aid came as the Syrian authorities and Kurdish forces extended a ceasefire agreement after the latter relinquished swaths of territory.
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