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Fri, Jan 8th, 2016
WATCH: Thousands of Syrians starved by Assad, Hezbollah militias; forced to eat cats
UN welcomes move that comes after images of starving children and emaciated bodies in Madaya spark worldwide outrage
Winter is fast encroaching on Syria and no more cruelly than in the mountain township of Madaya, which is being starved to death. Apologists for the dictator Bashar al-Assad, who proclaim him to be part of the solution to the crisis he has created, should look more closely at what government troops, in cahoots with Hezbollah militias, have been inflicting on women, children and aged civilians.
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Outcry over thousands of Syrians starved by Assad The Times (subscription)
Syrian regime to allow aid into besieged, starving town, In-Depth–The Guardian