On 11 January 2016 in Madaya, Rural Damascus, women and their families wait for permissions to leave the besieged town. Photo credit: UNICEF / Al Saleh, WFP

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Syria: ‘Starvation as a Weapon Is a War Crime’

January 16, 2016January 19, 2016 RMN News Crime, Starvation, Syria, War, Weapon

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the situation is “utterly unconscionable” in Syria and warned that the use of starvation

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Photo: UNICEF / Amer Al Shami

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UN Wants Access to Besieged Areas in Syria

January 8, 2016January 11, 2016 RMN News Starvation, Syria, UN

The UN calls for unimpeded humanitarian access to reach those in need in hard-to-reach and besieged areas in Syria, according

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