Siege of Damascus areas ‘may be war crime’ – UN rights chief
Parties to conflict must allow food, medicine to reach 350,000 trapped people
Two-and-a-half-year-old Hala al-Nufi, who suffers from a metabolic disorder exacerbated by food shortages, in eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria, October 25th, 2017. Photograph: Bassam Khabieh/Reuters
A Syrian infant suffering severe malnutrition is weighed at a clinic in the rebel-controlled town of Hamouria, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, October 21st, 2017. Photograph: Amer Almohibany/AFP/Getty Images
The humanitarian situation in the besieged eastern suburbs of Damascus is “an outrage” and parties to the conflict must allow food and medicine to reach at least 350,000 trapped Syrians, UN human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein said on Friday.