Convoys to deliver aid to starving Syrians 

As aid agencies prepare to deliver desperately-needed food and medicine to three besieged towns in Syria, the UN estimates that some 400,000 people are living under siege across the war-torn country

Kefraya, Foah 12,500 people cut off from access to aid by rebels

Latakia

Hama

Homs

Mediterranean Sea

LEBANON Zabadani

SYRIA

Madaya: 42,000 people have little or no access to food. Starvation deaths reported

Eastern Ghouta

Damascus

Daraya

ISRAEL

JORDAN

TURKEY

Aleppo

Raqqa

Deir al-Zawr: 200,000 people under siege by IS

100km 60 miles

IRAQ

River Euphrates

Eastern Ghouta, Zabadani: Over 150,000 people cut off by government forces

Aid convoys dispatched

Other besieged populations

APPROXIMATE AREAS OF CONTROL (as of January 7)

Syrian government and allies

Rebel groups

Islamic State (IS) group / Daesh

Kurdish forces

Sources: Human Rights Watch, Institute for the Study of War, wire agencies