aid/relief convoy
noun
: a group of vehicles carrying emergency food and supplies
The United Nations is sending an aid/relief convoy to the region.
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Meanwhile, an aid convoy traveling from Algeria picked up new participants along the route in Tunisia and Libya but was stopped in the city of Sirte, about 585 miles from the Libya-Egypt border.
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Sam Metz, Arkansas Online, 14 June 2025
Claims of an attack on a Chinese Red Cross convoy
Before Wednesday’s ceasefire announcement, an opposition militia belonging to the Brotherhood Alliance reported that the military fired on a relief convoy of nine Chinese Red Cross vehicles late Tuesday in the northern part of Shan state.
—David Rising, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
In April, a strike on a WCK aid convoy killed seven workers -- three British citizens, Polish and Australian nationals, a Canadian-American dual national and a Palestinian.
—Wafaa Shurafa, arkansasonline.com, 1 Dec. 2024
Advertisement The earlier strike on a World Central Kitchen aid convoy in April killed three British citizens, Polish and Australian nationals, a Canadian American dual national and a Palestinian.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
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Sam Metz, Arkansas Online, 14 June 2025
Claims of an attack on a Chinese Red Cross convoy
Before Wednesday’s ceasefire announcement, an opposition militia belonging to the Brotherhood Alliance reported that the military fired on a relief convoy of nine Chinese Red Cross vehicles late Tuesday in the northern part of Shan state.
—David Rising, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
In April, a strike on a WCK aid convoy killed seven workers -- three British citizens, Polish and Australian nationals, a Canadian-American dual national and a Palestinian.
—Wafaa Shurafa, arkansasonline.com, 1 Dec. 2024
Advertisement The earlier strike on a World Central Kitchen aid convoy in April killed three British citizens, Polish and Australian nationals, a Canadian American dual national and a Palestinian.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
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“Aid/relief convoy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aid%2Frelief%20convoy. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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