Aid convoys head to besieged and starving Syrian towns

Aid convoys carrying food, medicine and blankets are heading to the besieged Syrian town of Madaya, where residents have been forced to eat cats and dogs because of a food shortage. The assistance is expected to enter Madaya, which is blockaded by General Asaad’s regime, at the same time as convoys carrying aid for two Syrian towns under rebel siege, Fuaa and Kafraya.

The convoy for Madaya has now begun moving.

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) spokesman Pawel Krzysiek.

The aid deliveries are being organised by the ICRC, Syria’s Red Crescent, the United Nations and the World Food Programme. They include food, milk for children, blankets, and medicine for acute and chronic illness, as well as surgical supplies. The Doctors Without Borders (MSF) charity said over the weekend that at least 28 people have died of starvation in Madaya since December 1.

200 more malnourished patients could become critical and in need of hospitalisation within a week if aid doesn’t arrive.

MSF in a tweet

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