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Monday, October 07, 2013

[Syria/Jordan]: The Jordan Times - ‘20 Syrians die of starvation near border with Jordan’

The deaths raise to 80 the total number of displaced people who have allegedly succumbed to starvation in the border region over the past week.

The displaced people are among 70,000 Syrians prevented from entering Jordan by heavy bombing and violence, the vast majority of whom are reportedly without food, medical care or shelter in under-siege border towns and villages.

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