Syrian Troops Breach Three-Year Islamic State Siege
Sep 5, 2017 The breach ends a humanitarian crisis for the estimated 70,000 people in Deir el-Zour who survived on erratic air drops of food and supplies.
Syrians Under Siege Since July Say They Are Eating Leaves and Dying of Starvation
Jan 7, 2016 Roughly 30,000 residents of a Syrian town a few dozen miles from the capital, Damascus, say they are trapped and dying of starvation as a result of a monthslong siege by forces loyal to President Bashar Assad.
Kabul Attacks Blamed on NATO Intelligence
Apr 16, 2012 Afghan President Hamid Karzai has branded the Taliban’s 18-hour siege of Kabul and places across eastern Afghanistan on Sunday an intelligence failure and called for an investigation into NATO security operations.
2 Israeli Soldiers Found Guilty
Oct 3, 2010 Two Israeli soldiers were convicted in a military court of using a Palestinian child as a human shield during their army's siege of the Gaza Strip in 2009. The soldiers, who forced the 9-year-old boy to check for suspected booby traps, are now awaiting sentencing.
