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...
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...
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...
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....
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,...