(MENAFN) The UN has called for "immediate" access to besieged parts of Syria as more than half a million civilians continue to live under siege across the country.
The warning comes as temperatures continue to plummet and conditions in the besieged areas deteriorate across the country.
Among the 700,000 currently living under siege, more than 300,000 children have no access to food and medical supplies, the UN said, adding that due to lack of access it did not have detailed on the ground information about conditions in isolated areas.
UNICEF spokesman Juliette Touma told Middle East Eye that the UN issued its latest warning to "draw attention to the severe and critical situation of people trapped under siege".
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