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Syrian children die of malnutrition: NGO

  
Two children, (3 and 7 -year-old), were killed by a severe malnutrition in Mou'adamiya city, Damascus countryside, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.

The British-based watchdog said the death was caused by the severe lack of foodstuffs and aid, as well as doctors treating them were not able to receive required immediate medicines.

The rebel-held areas of Mou'adamiya are under an intense siege by the regime forces.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights urgently called on the Syrian Red Crescent and the Red Cross, as well as all aid and relief organizations working in Syria, to work on immediately negotiation to break the siege and supply the tens of thousands of civilians in the besieged parts of Mou'adamiya the vital food and medical equipment.

Syria's conflict began in March 2011 largely as peaceful protests against Assad's rule. It escalated into a civil war after opposition supporters took up arms to fight a brutal government crackdown on dissent.

More than 200,000 people have been killed in the conflict, according to Syrian Human rights NGO's and 1.7 million Syrians, including one million children, have been forced to flee to neighboring countries, the United Nations says.

Zaman Alwasl
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