(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syria's leading rescuing group on Tuesday has appealed to the United Nations to break the four-year-old siege of Eastern Ghouta suburbs where about 400,000 people have been suffering malnutrition and deadly diseases.
The Civils Defense said 10 people, including children, were died in the past five months due to the severe blockade of the Syrian regime.
On October 30, the UN and Syrian Arab Red Crescent entered Kafr Batna and Saqba in Eastern Ghouta with humanitarian assistance. The inter-agency convoy brought food, nutrition and health supplies to 40,000 people in need.
Technical specialists were also part of the convoy to assess needs in the area in order inform future response. Delivery of more humanitarian aid is planned for the coming days, according to the United Nation Office For Coordination and Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
In eastern Ghouta, daily shelling has continued to be reported in recent weeks. Humanitarian access to Eastern Ghouta – one of the four de-escalated areas where nearly 95 per cent of Syria’s besieged population lives – has been severely curtailed for months. Since the start of the year, 110,000 people have received food assistance, out of an estimated population of nearly 400,000.
The last time the UN succeeded in reaching this area was on 23 September 2017, when some 25,000 people living in the besieged towns of East Harasta, Misraba and Modira received much needed aid.
Zaman A Wasl
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