The Syrian Red Crescent and a team of the International Committee of the Red Cross and Red Crescent have begun emergency deliveries from the rebel-held Eastern Gouta enclave in Damascus, the capital of Syria. more details.
In eastern Guta, some 400.000 people are living under siege by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces, and the United Nations has asked his government to allow the evacuation of about 500 wounded who will succumb if they do not receive emergency medical care.