A recent report released by Amnesty international, found that the Syrian government was using starvation tactics against displaced civilians.
The report highlighted at least 128 refugees deaths due to starvation in the Yarmouk displacement camp.
Commenting on the struggles faced by the displaced Syrians, Amnesty’s Middle East director, Philip Luther, stressed,
Last month the United Nations Security Council, agreed a resolution calling for all parties involved in the conflict to immediately lift sieges.
The report highlighted at least 128 refugees deaths due to starvation in the Yarmouk displacement camp.
Commenting on the struggles faced by the displaced Syrians, Amnesty’s Middle East director, Philip Luther, stressed,
“Syrian forces are committing war crimes by using starvation of civilians as a weapon of war. The harrowing accounts of families having to resort to eating cats and dogs, and civilians attacked by snipers as they forage for food, have become all too familiar details of the horror story that has materialised in Yarmouk.”
Last month the United Nations Security Council, agreed a resolution calling for all parties involved in the conflict to immediately lift sieges.