Medical Group Claims 650,000 Syrians Under Siege

Nearly three times more Syrians are scrambling to survive in besieged towns than the U.N. is estimating, warns an American non-profit whose members are medical professionals of Syrian descent.  The Syrian American Medical Society claims in new a report that 650,000 Syrians are currently besieged in 49 communities by government forces and are facing a slow death.   The report was shared last week with U.N. officials just days after the civil war, which has left more than 200,000...

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