(Zaman Al Wasl)- People of the Syrian mountainous town of Madaya near the Lebanese border are living under harsh and suffocating conditions as the starvation policy adopted by regime forces and allied Hezbollah militia is leading to tragic consequences, residents told Zaman al Wasl.
In spite of reaching a conditional ceasefire agreement between regime army and rebels on September 22 that allows the humanitarian assistance for the besieged towns of Zabadani, Madaya in western Qalamoun, and Foua' and Kafraya towns in northern Idlib province, the 5-month-old siege on Madaya is still underway, driving people for 'slow death' due to an imminent famine, locals said.
U.N. agencies, ICRC and SARC, said on October 22 that three convoys had delivered humanitarian assistance from Damascus to Zabadani, Madaya and Baqin. Such aid could not be enough for thousands of people under suffocation siege, activists said.
The prices of smuggled food from regime-held areas are 'hitting the sky, not just soaring', one of the resdidents told Zaman al Wasl.
The average price of one kilogram of the main food staples is $70. Wاeat: 27,000 (SYP), Flour: 30,000 (SYP), Sugar: 27,000 (SYP), Groats: 27,000 (SYP), Macroni: 27,000 (SYP) Beans: 28,000 (SYP).
Syria's war started with a pro-democracy movement that grew into an armed uprising and has inflamed regional confrontations. About 300,000 people have died in the conflict, according to United Nations estimates.
In spite of reaching a conditional ceasefire agreement between regime army and rebels on September 22 that allows the humanitarian assistance for the besieged towns of Zabadani, Madaya in western Qalamoun, and Foua' and Kafraya towns in northern Idlib province, the 5-month-old siege on Madaya is still underway, driving people for 'slow death' due to an imminent famine, locals said.
U.N. agencies, ICRC and SARC, said on October 22 that three convoys had delivered humanitarian assistance from Damascus to Zabadani, Madaya and Baqin. Such aid could not be enough for thousands of people under suffocation siege, activists said.
The prices of smuggled food from regime-held areas are 'hitting the sky, not just soaring', one of the resdidents told Zaman al Wasl.
The average price of one kilogram of the main food staples is $70. Wاeat: 27,000 (SYP), Flour: 30,000 (SYP), Sugar: 27,000 (SYP), Groats: 27,000 (SYP), Macroni: 27,000 (SYP) Beans: 28,000 (SYP).
Syria's war started with a pro-democracy movement that grew into an armed uprising and has inflamed regional confrontations. About 300,000 people have died in the conflict, according to United Nations estimates.
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