Syrian or Russian warplanes bombed aid trucks near Aleppo late on Monday after a fragile week-long ceasefire ended, killing 12 people, majority drivers, including Red Crescent workers, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.
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Stephen O’Brien added that he was “disgusted and horrified” by the attack which left 12 dead.
CNN can not confirm its authenticity nor claims made in the video that the Syrian regime was responsible for the strikes.
The Red Cross says the bombing killed more than 10 people.
The Observatory said a total of 36 people had died in the violence across the battleground region. “I still don’t understand why we’re not trying to drop humanitarian supplies and relief to the people in Aleppo and other areas where people literally are starving to death”.
US Secretary of State John Kerry had warned that the truce could be the “last chance” to save the country.
They blamed rebel groups for violating the agreement which came into effect last week, saying they used the truce to mobilise and arm themselves, while attacking government-held areas. “The convoy was the outcome of a long process of permission and preparations to assist isolated civilians”.
“The destination of this convoy was known to the Syrian regime and the Russian Federation”, State Department spokesman John Kirby said.
But the United Nations said the Syrian government had obstructed the delivery of aid.
The UN’s special representative for Syria expressed outrage about the airstrike, which hit the UN aid convoy west of Aleppo.
The United Nations confirmed the convoy was hit but gave no details on who carried out the attack or how many died as world leaders converged on NY for their annual UN gathering under the shadow of fresh violence in the Syrian civil war.
Medical personnel said hospitals in the rebel-held part of Aleppo had been flooded with wounded people, including children.
Sirens wailed as ambulances zipped through the eastern half of the divided city, an AFP correspondent reported.
It comes as the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said there had been at least 35 airstrikes in and around Aleppo since the ceasefire ended at sunset.
Russian and U.S. officials met in Geneva on Monday and the International Syria Support Group – the countries backing the Syria peace process – were scheduled to meet on Tuesday in NY to assess the ceasefire agreement.
The opposition reported 254 violations by government forces and their allies since the truce started on September 12, and a senior Syrian opposition official declared the cease-fire “clinically dead”.
Syria’s civil war and finding ways to stop it are expected to be a major topic at the United Nations General Assembly meeting in NY, starting Monday, and discussions between the main players may yet salvage the situation.
Syria’s military command issued a statement earlier Monday announcing that the ceasefire had come to an end, accusing “armed terrorist groups” of violating the truce 300 times.
The two sides, which brokered the truce earlier this month, had said that if it holds for seven days, it would be followed by the establishment of a Joint Implementation Center for both countries to coordinate the targeting of Islamic State and al-Qaida-linked militants.
An airstrike by the USA -led coalition, which involves fighter jets from several countries, killed dozens of Syrian soldiers on Saturday and further undermined an already-eroded cease-fire.
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Elsewhere at least 20 civilians, including a one-year-old girl, were killed in fresh air strikes on rebel-held parts of Aleppo city and surrounding areas, according to the Observatory.
