Syria regime ‘using starvation as war tactic’
Human Rights Watch says civilians are paying the price for government’s siege of rebel-held Homs neighbourhood.
Published On 26 Dec 2014
Human Rights Watch says the Syrian government is using starvation as a war tactic, and that many civilians are paying the price.
The group says the besieged al-Waer, the last rebel-held area in Homs, has become a prison for the estimated 100,000 people currently living there.
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from neighbouring Lebanon.
Source: Al Jazeera