Report: ISIS group besieges 228,000 in Syrian city
by Associated Press
UNITED NATIONSApr 22, 2015 - 12:00 am GMT+3
by Associated Press
Apr 22, 2015 12:00 am
A new United Nations report says Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) has more than 225,000 Syrians under siege in a single city. The latest monthly report by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the last time the U.N. was able to reach the besieged western neighborhoods of Deir ez Zor was in May 2014. The report says the only U.N. aid that made it in last month, via the world body's humanitarian partners, was 140 sheep. The U.N. has been unable to deliver food and water treatment supplies for months to areas ISIS' control, including the provincial capital of Raqqa.
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