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Destruction due to shelling in Douma, a town under siege northeast of Damascus. (photo: Adasa Sham)

After chemical attack, Damascus suburbs face starvation

Since the beginning of 2013, Assad’s forces have laid siege on the suburbs of the capital known as Ghouta, which was the target of a chemical weapons attack earlier this summer. Regime forces are stopping food and other goods from coming in and as winter approaches, activists are warning that the situation is about to…

By +972 Magazine October 3, 2013