Syrian planes strike trucks carrying supplies for Turkish Islamic humanitarian NGO

Syrian regime forces attacked Turkish charity organization IHH's aid truck in the northwestern Syrian city of Aleppo, killing the driver and injuring another person.
The IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation said in a statement that one of their aid trucks carrying flour in packages from the Turkish border town of Reyhanli to the foundation's warehouse in Aleppo was hit by Syrian jets while entering the city.
Later on Friday, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu reaffirmed that Turkey would take side with Syria by all means despite all smear campaigns and attacks against Turkey's humanitarian aid initiatives.

Attending a session of the 'General Assembly of Syrian Turkmens,' he criticized Syrian regime's plan to hold presidential election amid raging civil war. "How can they even talk about holding an election while people cannot have a roof over their heads?"
He said Turkey's diplomatic effforts to find a resolution to the conflict would continue increasingly.
Turkey has continued humanitarian aid for Syrian civilians who have limited access to food and medicine since the start of the civil war in this country in 2011.
More than 200 thousand Syrian refugees also live in Turkey. 
[http://www.aa.com.tr/en/headline/325429--turkish-aid-truck-hit-by-assad-regime]
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• One person was killed and two others were injured when truck carrying supplies for the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation (İHH) was fired upon by Syrian planes near Aleppo on May 9.

The person who died was a Syrian national while one of the wounded victims was still in critical condition, the organization said in a recent statement, adding that the truck belonged to the Young Muslims Delegation, one of İHH’s partners in Syria. The organization claimed the truck was transporting food and materials, such as blankets and mattresses.

The attack occurred as the truck was passing through one of the city’s entry points. Aleppo and its outskirts are mainly held by Syrian rebels, but the city’s most affluent parts still remain under the control of the Syrian government.

İHH spearheaded the Mavi Marmara aid flotilla, which was targeted by the Israeli army in 2010 in a raid that killed nine Turkish activists. 

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