The besieged Syrian town of Madaya is facing starvation again because meagre supplies delivered last month are already running out, residents have said, as theUnited Nations was accused of severely underestimating the number of people suffering under blockades around the country.
More than a million Syrian civilians are living in besieged towns and villages, according to the aid organisation Siege Watch, more than double the number listed in UN data. That number could rise sharply if the government troops advancing on Aleppo cut off the city’s last supply line, with the UN warning on Tuesday that up to 300,000 civilians could be stranded in the city that was once Syria’s biggest urban centre.
“If the government of Syria and allies sever the last remaining flight route out of eastern Aleppo city, it would leave up to 300,000 people still residing in the city cut off from humanitarian aid unless cross-line access could be negotiated,” theUN said in an emergency bulletin on the situation.
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