The Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) revealed on Thursday, August 7, the reason behind the withdrawal of an aid convoy provided by the Mesopotamia Relief and Development Organization, registered in eastern Syria, while it was en route to Suwayda. In a statement posted on Facebook, the Red Crescent explained that its policy requires reviewing any items added to its convoys to verify the quality and expiration dates of supplies in order to preserve the organization’s credibility. According to the statement, Mesopotamia had requested to add two rented trucks to a Red Crescent convoy it had prepared to enter Suwayda. The Red Crescent requested the trucks be offloaded at its warehouses so the items could be reloaded onto its own trucks—while keeping the Mesopotamia logo on the packages. The NGO refused and withdrew the trucks back to the city of al- Hasakah.