In the Fight for Syria, Food and Medicine Are Weapons of War.

The article discusses the alleged cutting off by Syrian government forces of food and medicine shipments to civilians living in areas of the country occupied by rebel forces seeking to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The United Nations claims some 500,000 people living near the capital of Damascus have been so denied by besieging forces for months. Information is presented about circumstances in the Yarmouk neighborhood of Damascus, where tens of thousands of civilians are trapped.