What a huge amount of people to be caught up into something like this. They are probably waiting for aid that is very slow in coming, if at all.
UN more than doubles its count of besieged in Syria: 440,000
Published on NewsOK Modified: March 26, 2015 at 4:57 pm • Published: March 26, 2015
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations has more than doubled its estimate of Syrians who are living in besieged areas — and risk death by starvation, dehydration and the lack of medical care — to roughly 440,000.
U.N. humanitarian chief Valerie Amos announced the new number Thursday while briefing the Security Council on what she called the "breathtaking levels of savagery" that continue as Syria's civil war enters its fifth year.
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UN more than doubles its count of besieged in Syria: 440,000
Published on NewsOK Modified: March 26, 2015 at 4:57 pm • Published: March 26, 2015
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations has more than doubled its estimate of Syrians who are living in besieged areas — and risk death by starvation, dehydration and the lack of medical care — to roughly 440,000.
U.N. humanitarian chief Valerie Amos announced the new number Thursday while briefing the Security Council on what she called the "breathtaking levels of savagery" that continue as Syria's civil war enters its fifth year.
Continue reading at:
http://newsok.com/un-more-than-doubles-its-count-of-besieged-in-syria-440000/art