As reports continued to emerge from Damascus where opposition forces declared victory on State television on Sunday, the UN's top humanitarian official insisted that aid teams will continue to provide emergency relief wherever possible.
"We will respond wherever, whenever, however we can to support people in need, including reception centres - food, water, fuel, tents, blankets," said Tom Fletcher, Emergency Relief Chief and head of the UN aid coordination office, OCHA .
The dramatic development in the Syrian capital follows a lightning advance by armed opposition forces, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), on 27 November from their stronghold in the country's northwest into Government-controlled areas.
After sweeping into Syria's second city, Aleppo, Hama, Homs and now Damascus have fell in quick succession, despite suggestions that the Security Council -designated terrorist group lacked the means to sustain their stunning gains.
