War in Syria village: children are eating the leaves

Ma Daya young people holding banners written in English, called on the UN to help

This seems to be a remarkable morning, the sun was just rising, snow-capped mountains near the Syrian town of Ma Daya (Madaya) of the air is also filled with coolness. A pregnant woman pulling a thin little girl secretly went to the outside of town, in a hurry. When mother and daughter near the southern edge of town, only to hear "bang!" A loud noise, a sudden shock wave knocked them to the ground. Mines loud noise startled the nearby Shiite Hezbollah sentry, who without any explanation, opened fire directly to the mother and daughter. Mother and daughter is dead, and a lot of people trying to cross the blockade of Ma Daya same.

Ma Daya people as early as 2011 when it participated in the anti-government uprising, the suffering they have now suffered punishment from the Assad government. In the early revolutionary Syria, many mountain people of Syria to take up arms against the Assad government began to leave home. With the revolution more intensified, the Assad government began to suppress domestic opposition to the military as the top priority, its intensity even more than for IS and al-Qaeda crackdown. Last July Shiite army control the distance of two kilometers away 玛达雅 Dani Saba town, completely monopolized Ma Daya and the only channel to contact the outside world. Assad's government even forced some opponents went to Ma Daya live, 28-year-old university student Loa (Loay) and his 52-year-old mother was rushed there to experience hunger and death.

Rajai story perhaps more representative: Rajai, a former teacher, he taught English and mathematics in Ma Daya school. In 2011, he participated in the high-spirited rebel, but he was soon arrested by government forces, after tortured after being returned to Ma Daya. Suffered physical and mental torture, he is now left only emaciated. He told the media by telephone for help: "I only eat the strawberry leaves tonight, I have not eaten for three months normal food the kids are eating leaves, old and young who almost died.." Pull Since the blockade since Jai weight reduction of 50 pounds (about 45 kilograms).

Kids eating cooked leaves.

Assad government blockade causes of Ma Daya addition to retaliate, there blackmail - even Ye Renan blockade Ma Daya in exchange for full under opposition control. In this case, all the Ma Daya people are the army of the hostages, their destiny controlled by others.

Ma Daya is turning into a hell on earth, all the people are starving, all the people in the face of death. With the failure of the continuing blockade and Western forces intervene, Ma Daya people gradually lost hope, Rajai says: "When people read our story may have feelings, but they will soon forget our pain. "