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Thursday, January 14, 2016
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Thursday, January 14, 2016
New aid convoy heads to starving Syrian town under siege
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA convoy carrying desperately needed food and medicine heads to the hunger-stricken Syrian town of Madaya, the second delivery of aid this week after months of government siege.
Dozens of trucks carrying flour and other essentials leave Damascus early this morning for Madaya, where the United Nations says suffering is the worst seen in the nearly five-year-old war.
The town’s 40,000 residents are enduring a crippling siege by pro-government forces that has drawn sharp condemnation from the UN and world powers.
More than two dozen people have reportedly starved to death there since December, sparking a global outcry.
— AFP
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