Humanitarian aid to enter besieged Syrian towns

1/11/2016 7:18:17 AM

(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) Humanitarian aid will enter the besieged Syrian town of Madaya where aid groups say residents are starving to death.

Emergency food supplies had been due to be sent to the rebel-held town on January 10 but the operation was delayed.

The International Committee of the Red Cross in Syria said aid would arrive in Madaya and two northern towns besieged by rebels Foua and Kefraya on January 11.

There are about 40000 people in Madaya near Lebanon's border with residents said to be eating pets and grass to survive.

The medical charity Doctor Without Borders (MSF) warned that Madaya needed a constant supply of aid not just a single delivery.

MSF warned on January 10 that residents were suffering from continuing starvation and shortages of medical supplies.

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