Assad said US airstrikes on Syrian troops “were definitely intentional” lasting for an hour, and blamed the country for the collapse of the ceasefire deal. Pic/AP

Damascus: President Bashar Assad rejected US accusations that Syrian or Russian planes struck an aid convoy in Aleppo or that his troops were preventing food from entering the city’s rebel-held eastern neighborhoods. Instead, he blamed the US for the collapse of a cease-fire many had hoped would bring relief to the war-ravaged country.