Syrian children buy bread at a rebel-run bakery in Aleppo, Syria. In past months, bakeries in rebel-held parts of Syria have become targets for government aircraft and shelling. David Enders/MCT
Syrians Sounding Alarm Over Growing Food Shortages -- McClatchy News
ANKARA, Turkey — With bread scarce in major cities and towns, infant formula in extremely short supply and fuel costs skyrocketing, civilians in war-ravaged Syria face an acute food crisis that might end in starvation for many, according to activists from around the country of 22 million.
In the eastern city of Deir el Zour, eight infants have starved for want of powdered milk since a major military assault there began in July, Syrians from the city told McClatchy at a conference in Ankara, Turkey. Severe food shortages were reported in nearly every province.
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More News On Fears Of Mass Hunger In Syria This Winter
Syrian humanitarian disaster looms as internal refugees face bread shortages -- The Guardian
In Syria, hunger spreads as war intensifies -- Reuters
Bread shortages and high food prices strike Syria -- Examiner
Food shortages in Syria send prices soaring, compounding hunger problem -- Washington Post
A Bread Shortage Is the First Big Test of a Transitional Council in Aleppo -- Post-Gazette/New York Times
Syria: a scathingly beautiful photograph of the edge of starvation -- Jonathan Jones, The Guardian
My Comment: 42,000 Syrians have already been killed in 20 months of fight .... but with hunger now widespread and winter just starting .... there is a very good chance that more Syrians will now die from disease and malnutrition in the next few months than all of those who have been killed since the start of the conflict.