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One unconfirmed report said 12 people were killed in the attack near the town of Urum al-Kubra.A UN spokesman said at least 18 of 31 trucks had been hit but could not confirm it was by an air strike.
UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, said it was an "outrage".
"The convoy was the outcome of a long process of permission and preparations to assist isolated civilians," he said in a statement emailed to Reuters.
The Syrian Red Crescent said the convoy had been making a routine delivery from Aleppo to rural rebel-held areas. Images posted online showed lorries and trailers engulfed by flames.
Activist group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said 12 people - aid workers and truck drivers - had died in a strike by Syrian or Russian warplanes. The Syrian government has not commented.
Read more @: Syria conflict: Aid convoy hit by 'air strike' near Aleppo
This whole ceasefire is a total mess and its no wonder that it was over hours before this attack happened.
Russia and Syria are both denying that they are not behind the attack: https://twitter.com/Conflicts/status/778201141708455940 Syria, Russia refutes claims of targeting humanitarian aid convoy in Aleppo countryside – Syrian Arab News Agency
The report here states the the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was done by the Russians and/or Syrian planes
The Syrian Red Crescent says its too early to say who was behind the attack: https://twitter.com/BBCWorldatOne/status/778206099396780032
And now the UN is suspending aid to Syria: U.N. suspends aid after convoy attack as Syria ceasefire collapses | Reuters
This whole war is ****ed.