CHILDHOOD UNDER SIEGE: Living and dying in besieged areas of Syria
“ There are snipers shooting at anyoneon the road, and landmines in the fields.Checkpoints stop everything coming in– food, medicine, fuel; everything neededfor life. They stop people leaving, even sickchildren in need of medical help. Homesand schools lie in ruins from bombing.Children are starving and the markets areempty. It’s the 21st century but here it’slike hundreds of years ago. This is what itmeans to live under siege.”Syrian aid worker, January 2016
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