United Nations, Feb 21 : The UN and its partners continue to scale up cross-border aid operations from Turkey into northwest Syria in the aftermath of massive earthquakes, said a UN spokesman.

Ten trucks carrying shelter and other items from the International Organisation for Migration crossed earlier on Monday through the Al Ra'ee border crossing into northern Aleppo, Syria, said Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, on Monday.

This is the first UN convoy through this border crossing since the Syrian government agreed to its use for aid deliveries, which brings to three fully operating border crossings for the UN, noted the spokesman.

At the same time, the World Food Programme (WFP) sent 20 trucks through the Bab al-Hawa border crossing into Idlib province. This convoy is part of WFP's larger earthquake response, which includes the delivery of food to 127,000 people in northwest Syria since earthquakes hit on February 6, he said.