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Aid Convoy Enters Besieged, Starving Syrian Town
[NRTTV] Aid convoys entered the besieged Syrian town on Monday (Jan. 11) where thousands are trapped and the United Nations...the Oyster Bay money pit... says people are reported to have died of starvation. Dozens of trucks bearing the Red Islamic Thingy logo and carrying food and medical supplies left Damascus for Madaya near the Lebanese border as part of an agreement between warring sides. Video shot by Rooters showed the trucks at Tukiyah, 12 kilometers away from Madaya, and then followed the trucks as they entered the city. Another convoy was en route to two Shi'ite villages, al Foua and Kefraya in the northwestern province of Idlib 300 km (200 miles) away, the Red Thingy said on its Syria Twitter account. Under the agreement, aid was to enter Madaya and the two villages simultaneously. Madaya is besieged by pro-Syrian government forces, while the two villages in Idlib province are encircled by rebels fighting the Syrian government. The blockade of Madaya has become a focal issue for Syrian opposition leaders, who told a U.N. envoy last week they would not take part in talks with the government, slated for later this month, until it and other sieges are lifted. The United Nations said on Thursday (Jan. 7) the Syrian government had agreed to allow access to Madaya, where U.N. officials say there have been credible reports of people dying of starvation. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which tracks the war, puts the toll at 10, while opposition activists say it is in the dozens. Rooters could not independently confirm the reports. One opposition activist has said people were eating leaves and plants. The Madaya blockade began six months ago when the Syrian army and its Lebanese ally, Hezbollah, started a campaign to reestablish  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Terror of Aleppo ... 's control over areas along the Syrian-Lebanese border. Posted by: Fred 2016-01-12 |
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