(Foreign Policy) David Kenner - Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), recently visited the bombed-out suburbs of Eastern Ghouta, currently the scene of the worst humanitarian crisis in the Middle East. The Syrian government and its allies are subjecting residents to a withering siege and constant air and artillery bombardments, this time allegedly including chlorine and napalm attacks. The residents of Eastern Ghouta are living an "underground life," Maurer says, forced into shelters to escape the bombing. People are pale and cannot even manage the ever-growing number of dead bodies. The Syrian government periodically allows flour bags and food parcels into the area but blocks trauma kits and basic medicine, such as insulin.
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