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"Heartbreaking scenes" witnessed in starving Syrian town

Hundreds in need of special medical help

UN Security Council discusses starving, besieged areas of Syria

Syria pro-govt forces push into rebel-held town in Latakia

"Heartbreaking scenes" witnessed in starving Syrian town

Hundreds in need of special medical help

UN Security Council discusses starving, besieged areas of Syria

Syria pro-govt forces push into rebel-held town in Latakia

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