Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Mass Starvation Fears Are Now Growing In Syria


Syria Crisis: Starving Children Forced To Survive On Fruit, Leaves And Nuts -- The Guardian

Save the Children says conflict's restriction on movement and huge inflation is causing severe food shortages

Children in Syria are eating fruit, nuts and leaves and drinking dirty water to survive as families find it increasingly hard to feed themselves in a civil war that has left 100,000 people dead.

A report from Save the Children says restrictions on movement and massive inflation are severely limiting the ability of many Syrian families to put enough food on the table. Fighting has hindered access to humanitarian relief across many regions of the country.

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More News On Mass Starvation Fears Growing In Syria

Mass starvation feared in Syria; 'We have no food' -- AP
Hunger as well as violence threatens Syrians -- Reuters
Report says Syrian children starving -- UPI
Syrian crisis leaves children at risk of starvation -- Sydney Morning Herald
With world’s attention focused on chemical weapons, mass starvation feared in Syria -- Washington Post/AP
Syria: Charity Warns Of Child Malnutrition -- SKY News
Hunger is killing Syria's children -- Examiner
Report: Millions Of Syrians Are Starving -- Think Progress

My Comment: Winter is just around the corner .... and here is an easy prediction .... more people are going to die this winter in Syria from disease and a devastated health system than from bullets and bombs.

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