(15 Oct 2019) LEAD IN: Twenty trucks carrying aid have crossed into Syria from Iraq.
The aid was supplied by the consulate of the state of Kuwait in Irbil and charity organisations from the northern Kurdish region of Iraq.
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These trucks will soon set off to deliver their cargoes.
The convoy is carrying much-needed aid bound for Syria.
It has been donated by the Kuwaiti consulate in Irbil as well as charities in the northern Kurdish region of Iraq.
"We have supplied aid for 5,000 families, in the initial stages," says Musa Ahmad, the Chief of Barzani Charity Foundation.
"It is estimated to be enough for 25,000 people. We also estimated that this amount should be enough for 20 days to one month."
Each displaced family will receive an aid package containing infant milk, blankets, food and hygiene products.
The aid convoy will try to reach displaced Syrians in Al-Hasakah governorate as well as Tal Tamr.
There will be more convoys to follow, if this one is successful, say organisers.
Since last week, Turkish troops and Syrian opposition fighters backed by Ankara have been advancing under the cover of air strikes and artillery shelling, reaching the Manbij-Qamishli road about 30 kilometres (19 miles) south of the Turkish border.
Turkey has said it aims to push back the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG, which it considers "terrorists" for its links to a decades-long Kurdish insurgency within its own borders.
The UN reports that around 100,000 people have fled their homes in northern Syria and says markets, schools and clinics are also closed.
Aid agencies have warned of a humanitarian crisis, with nearly a half-million people at risk in northeastern Syria.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday Turkey won't stop until the Syrian Kurdish forces withdraw below a 32 kilometre (20 miles) deep line from the border.
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