Convoy reaches besieged Madaya in Syria

madaya - Auxiliaries of the Red Cross and the United Nations on Monday reached the Syrian city Madaya. Madaya is in the hands of the rebels and is surrounded by government forces, leaving 40,000 people in the outside world are closed. Images of starving villagers engaged in recent weeks over the world. In centers of MSF deceased since December 1, 23 people due to hunger.

The delivery of food and medical supplies to cities like Madaya is difficult because frontlines must be traversed between warring parties. The convoy Monday could reach the city in western Syria after an agreement between the warring parties. Also in two other places in the region around the capital Damascus Monday reinforcements would arrive.