Aid group Doctors Without Borders says 16 people died in Madaya from siege conditions in January, even after aid was allowed in. For each medical evacuation from a government-besieged town, for example, a patient must be evacuated from a town besieged by rebels, and vice versa. The towns have been besieged since last year, with aid convoys allowed only sporadically to replenish food and medical stocks. An estimated half million people are trapped in 18 areas the U.N. classifies as besieged, though the independent monitoring group Siege Watch puts the number at one million. For everyone.”The video message by Maurer included the ICRC drone footage of the extreme devastation in Ramadi.

Source: National Post July 04, 2016 19:30 UTC