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WARNING: Graphic footage. Rana Obaid only weighed 15 pounds at the time of her death. The speaker in the video says that this a typical case of malnutrition: a clear loss of fat tissue on her body, especially under the skin, as well as symptoms of vitamin deficiency, bleeding in the mucus membranes, and protruding eyes.
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Another case of malnutrition in Moadamia al ShamThe UN’s humanitarian chief, Valerie Amos, confirmed that the UN has been unable to deliver supplies to the town for nearly a year, “despite repeated attempts, due to security constraints.”“Civilians continue to be targeted or denied access to food and emergency medical treatment in many places across Syria in this horrendous crisis,” she said in a statement. “I call on all parties to agree a pause in hostilities to allow humanitarian agencies immediate and unhindered access to evacuate the wounded and provide life-saving treatment and supplies in areas where fighting is ongoing.”The Syrian government would have to grant the UN’s World Food Programme permission before it can provide aid in Moadamia.“Our food is ready,” said Abeer Etefa, WFP’s senior spokesperson for the Middle East. “We’re always ready and we take any opportunity, no matter how small it is… to get to the people in need.”Abeer spoke to me over the phone from her office in Cairo. “[WFP] is a humanitarian org,” she said. “We can only appeal. We can only request access. We can only push and request permissions to go [provide aid]. At that point, our mandate stops.”Amos emphasized that both the Syrian government and the rebels have an obligation under international human rights and international humanitarian law to protect civilians and “allow neutral, impartial humanitarian organizations safe access to all people in need.”
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