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Syria conflict: 'Dire situation' in besieged villages
Source: BBC
The situation in three besieged villages in Syria is "extremely dire", the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has warned.
Activists say civilians have died because of a lack of food and medicine in rebel-controlled Madaya, near Damascus, or died trying to escape.
People are also reported to be eating grass to survive in the government-held Foah and Kefraya, in the north-west.
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The UN says all parties to the four-year conflict in Syria have used siege warfare, in clear breach of international human rights and humanitarian laws.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35241396