Madaya
Celebratory Gunfire as Syria Allows UN to Bring Food Into the Starving Town of Madaya
The town is encircled by a blockade of Hezbollah fighters supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and no food has been allowed in for months. Citizens have died from starvation inside and others have been killed trying to flee.
'Children Are Eating Leaves Off the Trees': The Nightmare of the Siege of Madaya, Syria
The Assad regime is resorting to medieval tactics to take a strategic mountain town — and civilians, with food and water cut off, are dying and crying for help.
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