Hunger at Damascus' door as Syrian government blocks aid

Friday, December 15, 2017

BEIRUT -- At the doors of the Syrian capital, children with wrinkled faces and arms like sticks are going hungry because President Bashar Assad's forces, supported by Russia and Iran, are blocking trucks filled with humanitarian relief.

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