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

200,000

Deir al-Zawr:

people under siege by IS

Kefraya, Foah

12,500 people

cut off from

access to aid

by rebels

TURKEY

Aleppo

100km

60 miles

IRAQ

Raqqa

Latakia

Hama

Homs

SYRIA

LEBANON

Zabadani

River

Euphrates

Eastern

Ghouta

Damascus

Eastern Ghouta, Daraya,

Zabadani:

cut off by government forces

Over 150,000 people

Daraya

ISRAEL

42,000 people have little or no

Madaya:

access to food. Starvation deaths reported

JORDAN

Aid convoys dispatched

Other besieged populations

(as of January 7)

APPROXIMATE AREAS OF CONTROL

Islamic State (IS) group / Daesh

Syrian government and allies

Rebel groups

Kurdish forces

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

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

12,500 people cut

Kefraya, Foah:

off from access to aid by rebels

Deir al-Zawr:

people under siege by IS

200,000

TURKEY

Aleppo

100km

60 miles

Raqqa

Latakia

Hama

SYRIA

River

Euphrates

Homs

LEBANON

Zabadani

Eastern

Ghouta

Damascus

IRAQ

Daraya

JORDAN

42,000 people have

Madaya:

little or no access to food.

Starvation deaths reported

Eastern Ghouta, Daraya,

Zabadani:

cut off by government forces

150,000+ people

Aid convoys dispatched

Other besieged populations

(as of January 7)

APPROXIMATE AREAS OF CONTROL

Islamic State (IS) group /

Daesh

Syrian government

and allies

Rebel groups

Kurdish forces

Sources: Human Rights Watch, ISW, wire agencies

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

(as of Jan 7)

AREAS OF CONTROL

Syrian government and allies

Rebel groups

Islamic State (IS) group / Daesh

Kurdish forces

TURKEY

IRAQ

SYRIA

100km

60 miles

LEBANON

SYRIA

JORDAN

Aid convoys dispatched

Other besieged populations

12,500 people cut

Kefraya, Foah:

off from access to aid by rebels

Deir al-Zawr:

200,000 people

under siege by IS

42,000 people have

Madaya:

little or no access to food. Starvation

deaths reported

Eastern Ghouta, Daraya

(Damascus suburbs),

Zabadani (Lebanon border):

Over 150,000 people cut off by

government forces

Sources:

Human Rights Watch,

ISW, wire agencies