to death in Madaya , Syria , after the government enacted a blockade in July to cut off access to nearby Damascus . Russia has supported Syrian denials of the humanitarian crisis in Madaya , saying that reports from the town contain " fake pictures " and " phony news , " according to the website Syria Deeply . The siege is ongoing .
He said that across the country , one in four schools had shut down , more than 52,000 teachers had left their jobs and over 2 million children remained out of school . " And another 400,000 are at risk of dropping out as the horrors of this brutal and savage war continue unabated , " he said . " What future do these children have -- illiterate , orphaned , starvedlife.injure.naand maimed ? What future does a country have when its next generation is a lost generation ? These children do not have the luxury of waiting for another Geneva , Vienna or Lausanne to succeed .
مباشر من عندي بالبيت سمك أجج وبراق مقلي وتبولة وبطاطا مقلية وطاجن وبيبسي # مضايا # متضامن_مع_حصار_مضايا Posted by Ali M Olayan on Friday , 8 January 2016 The trend emerged on Facebook and Twitter on Friday as President Bashar al - Assad gave into international pressure to allow humanitarian aid to enter for the first time since October . But it will be too late for at least 23 men , women and children who have already starvedlife.injure.illnessdegradationhungerthirstto death , while photos show emaciated people resorting to eating leaves and grass in desperate attempts to stay alive . Madaya , a former holiday resort in mountains near the Lebanese border , has been under siege by the Syrian army and allies from the Lebanese Hezbollah militia for six months . Around 40,000 people remain trapped and reliant on next week ’s shipment of food and medical supplies .
From the perspective of someone born in the friendly ’ 50s in the USA , it has become normal to witness the uncovering of classified information over time ... Living in this day in age one would imagine that we – so connected now – could ’ve found a way to share resources in a more socially responsible way . It ’s absolutely perplexing to me to try to understand people involved in The Bilderberg Group , or see people , even friends and colleagues in places such as Los Angeles , spending hours and hours and hundreds of dollars bleaching their hair every week and purchasing absurdly priced designer clothing whilst in travels on the same tours through Europe and witness to young Syrian refugees or young disenfranchised children and kids in Detroit or Mexico City or even London on the streets , starvedlife.injure.na. There is an obvious and embarrassing injustice . We are grateful for the courage and the conscience of the whistleblowers .