The United Nations said in a statement on Thursday that it was preparing to deliver humanitarian assistance in the coming days to the besieged town of Madaya. Two Shia towns that have been cut off by rebels in the province of Idlib will also receive UN aid.
Residents of Madaya, about 25km northwest of Damascus, are suffering from severe malnutrition and have little access to fuel and medical supplies because of the siege by government regime forces since July.
Abu Abdul Rahman, a resident in Madaya, told Al Jazeera he had not eaten for four days.
Hungry and weakened, Rahman and his family have been trying to limit their movements inside their house in the Syrian town of Madaya, fearing any activity would drain the little energy left in their bodies.
"There are no more cats or dogs alive in the town. Even tree leaves that we have been eating have become scarce," he told Al Jazeera over the phone.
The Red Cross said people in the town are burning plastic to keep themselves warm.......http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/01/syrian-government-aid-enter-starving-town-160107145500227.html
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The Syrian government has agreed to allow aid into the besieged rebel-held village of Madaya, the UN says, amid reports of residents starving to death...
ReplyDeleteThe UN humanitarian co-ordinator said it was planning to deliver humanitarian assistance "in the coming days".
Aid agencies say conditions in Madaya, near Damascus, are "extremely dire".
The UN said it also had government permission for access to Kefraya and Foah in the north but, unlike Madaya, these are besieged by rebel forces.
Up to 4.5 million people in Syria live in hard-to-reach areas, including nearly 400,000 people in 15 besieged locations who do not have access to the life-saving aid they urgently need...BBC