Madaya Siege: Second Aid Convoy Heads for Starving Syrian Town

Horrific images of emaciated residents and tales of desperation have emerged from Madaya, a town of some 40,000 residents that has been besieged by pro-Syrian government forces for months.

 

One aid convoy made it to Madaya on Monday but officials said the locals were in need of much more assistance.

 

Pawel Krzysiek, an ICRC spokesman, said that on Tuesday 44 aid trucks carrying food and other kinds of aid had left the Syrian capital of Damascus and were driving to Madaya, near the border with Lebanon.

 

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