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A nurse touches the hand of patient Iraqi girl Nawras Raed, six month, at a hospital run by Medecins Sans Frontieres in Qayyara, Iraq. Reuters

Babies Starve as War Grinds on in Mosul

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 12, 2017 | Middle East

Qayyara – The babies cry with hunger but are so severely malnourished that doctors treating them at a hospital in Iraq would make their condition worse if they fed them enough to stop the pangs. Many of the starving infants are from Mosul, where war between ISIS...

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Members of the Civil Defense rescue children after what activists said was an air strike by forces loyal to Assad in al-Shaar neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria June 2, 2014. REUTERS/Sultan Kitaz

White Helmets Warn from Aleppo Starvation

by Caroline Akoum | Nov 26, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut- The Syria Civil Defense, or White Helmets, has warned that the people living in the besieged eastern part of Aleppo are facing starvation and death if much needed humanitarian aid and medical supplies are not delivered within 10 days. The warning came as...

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Residents of the town of Madaya wait for the UN aid convey after six-months of the now year old siege left them short of food, A.F.P

Sieged by Assad Regime Madaya Faces Famine, Disease

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 12, 2016 | Middle East

Nearly 90 people have died from starvation and other causes during a year-old siege of the Syrian town of Madaya, where residents have been trapped without supplies, Reuters reported two medical organizations stating on Tuesday. Bashar al-Assad regime forces and...

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Samarra has received people fleeing from violence in nearby Fallujah [Reuters].jpg

Three Children Starved to Death in Fallujah City

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 7, 2016 | Middle East

Fallujah- An Iraqi medical source, yesterday, reported six civilians dead due to starvation in Falluja city, west of Baghdad. The source told a German news agency that the death toll includes three children who passed away due to dehydration caused by malnutrition....

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Iraqis are helping an old lady to leave Ziggurat of Ur beside Ramadi

Mass Suicide Becomes Only Solution in Fallujah

by Manaf al Obeidi | Mar 29, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Ramadi-Suicide has become the only solution for Fallujah citizens in their fight against hunger and besiegement. They are living a humanitarian crisis as children are dying from hunger before their families’ eyes. This starvation has killed a great number of children,...