Two Oxfam workers killed in attack in Syria

Two Oxfam workers were killed in Syria on Wednesday when an "unidentified" armed group attacked their vehicle, the aid agency said in a statement.

Read also: Syria: UN warns of "imminent escalation danger"

During this attack, which took place at 2 p.m. local time (12 p.m. GMT) between the localities of Nawa and Al-Yaduda, Wissam Hazim, a security officer, and Adel Al-Halabi, driver, lost their lives, Oxfam announced. An association volunteer was also injured. "We are devastated by the loss of two esteemed colleagues who were killed while working to provide aid to civilians caught up in the Syrian conflict , " said Oxfam country director Moutaz Adham. “Our love and our thoughts go to their families. We condemn this attack in the strongest terms , "he added, " it is essential that aid workers can provide vital assistance to civilians without being attacked themselves . "

Founded in the UK in 1942, Oxfam provided humanitarian aid, including clean water and clothing, to 1.2 million people in Syria last year, according to the NGO. According to the international organization for the security of NGOs, 128 events involving the safety of their personnel were recorded at the end of January in Syria in the 12 months preceding. They include three kidnappings, 11 dead and 32 injured. Over the same period, Syria was the sixth largest country in the world for such events, behind the Democratic Republic of the Congo (374), South Sudan (300), the Central African Republic (272), Afghanistan (252) and Mali (211).

Read also: In northern Syria, Turkish adventurism risks worsening the humanitarian crisis