(Zaman Al Wasl)- About 40,000 Syrian people have been left for death of hunger in the mountainous town of Madaya near Damascus for over six months due to the regime's suffocating siege, local activists and footage showed.
Two people reported killed on Sunday by Hezbollah fighters during their try to break the siege, activists said.
At least 30 people have died of hunger in Madaya which is surrounded by a belt of 6000 landmines.
The de facto famine, and the horrible footage leaked from Madaya seemed unable to push the international community and the human rights organizations to take a concrete act to loosen the siege, in time the United Nations is intensifying efforts to evacuate rebels and ISIS militants from Damascus suburbs, leaving civilians died of starvation.
In spite of reaching a conditional ceasefire agreement between regime army and rebels on September 22, 2015, 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 6-month-old siege on Madaya is still underway, driving people for 'slow death' due to an imminent famine, locals said.
The prices of smuggled food from regime-held areas are 'hitting the sky, not just soaring', one of the residents told Zaman al-Wasl.
The average price of one kilogram of the main food staples is $100.
Meanwhile, Madaya's people are facing a snowstorm started on Friday. The snowstorm is expected also to increase their suffering.
In 2015, at least 195 people had died of starvation across the war-torn country due to the suffocating siege and starvation policy imposed by Syrian regime, local monitoring group said.
Syria's Revolutionaries Rally said 132 children, 55 men, and 21 women have lost their lives due to the suffocating siege on rebel-held areas in Syria.
Most victims were from the embattled and stricken suburbs of Damascus. The report documented death of 191 people in Douma, Madaya, al Hajer al Aswad,, Irbeen, Misraba, Moadamiya, Beit Sahm, Buquin, Shaba'a, al-Abbadeh, Misraba, Babila, Justin, Kafr Batna, and Zabadani.
13 more people have also died in the Islamic State's siege imposed on pro-regime neighborhoods in the eastern city of Deir Ezzor.
Two more people have been killed in Lebanese border town of Arsal due to Lebanese army siege.
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.
Two people reported killed on Sunday by Hezbollah fighters during their try to break the siege, activists said.
At least 30 people have died of hunger in Madaya which is surrounded by a belt of 6000 landmines.
The de facto famine, and the horrible footage leaked from Madaya seemed unable to push the international community and the human rights organizations to take a concrete act to loosen the siege, in time the United Nations is intensifying efforts to evacuate rebels and ISIS militants from Damascus suburbs, leaving civilians died of starvation.
In spite of reaching a conditional ceasefire agreement between regime army and rebels on September 22, 2015, 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 6-month-old siege on Madaya is still underway, driving people for 'slow death' due to an imminent famine, locals said.
The prices of smuggled food from regime-held areas are 'hitting the sky, not just soaring', one of the residents told Zaman al-Wasl.
The average price of one kilogram of the main food staples is $100.
Meanwhile, Madaya's people are facing a snowstorm started on Friday. The snowstorm is expected also to increase their suffering.
In 2015, at least 195 people had died of starvation across the war-torn country due to the suffocating siege and starvation policy imposed by Syrian regime, local monitoring group said.
Syria's Revolutionaries Rally said 132 children, 55 men, and 21 women have lost their lives due to the suffocating siege on rebel-held areas in Syria.
Most victims were from the embattled and stricken suburbs of Damascus. The report documented death of 191 people in Douma, Madaya, al Hajer al Aswad,, Irbeen, Misraba, Moadamiya, Beit Sahm, Buquin, Shaba'a, al-Abbadeh, Misraba, Babila, Justin, Kafr Batna, and Zabadani.
13 more people have also died in the Islamic State's siege imposed on pro-regime neighborhoods in the eastern city of Deir Ezzor.
Two more people have been killed in Lebanese border town of Arsal due to Lebanese army siege.
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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