The siege of eastern Ghouta in war-torn Syria, which lasted more than five years, has been labelled “barbaric and medieval” — “amounting” to war crimes, and crimes against humanity, a high-level UN inquiry said on Wednesday.
The lack of aid deliveries to Syria’s most desperate communities and a continuing veto on the evacuation of hundreds of extremely sick civilians feel like a personal “failure”, a senior humanitarian adviser to the UN said on Thursday.
“Several countries” with influence on the Syrian conflict have said that they will do “all that they can” to ensure the evacuation of hundreds of critically ill men, women and children from a besieged opposition stronghold outside the capital Damascus, a senior UN adviser said on Thursday.
