As Rebel-Held Town of Madaya Starves, Syria Agrees to Food Aid, U.N. Says

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Amid mounting international dismay over reports of starvation deaths and images of skeletally thin children in the besieged, rebel-held Syrian town of Madaya, the Syrian government agreed Thursday to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid, according to the United Nations.

 

But no firm date was set, and senior United Nations officials said that while they welcomed the government’s decision to allow the aid to enter, 42,000 people in Madaya remained “at risk of further hunger and starvation,” citing “credible reports of people dying from starvation and being killed while trying to leave.”

 

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