sugar into them. reporter: madaya on the outskirts of damascus has been surrounded by government troops for months, no one getting out, no food getting in. in northern syria, opposition fighters are doing the same to two pro government villages. innocent civilians caught in the middle. human rights groups say a quarter of a million people have been killed in syria s five-year civil war, and now entire towns are being starved to death. it could be anything from 100,000, maybe up to 200,000 people across the country. reporter: some hope a final deal to allow aid convoys to madaya and the two towns in the north. are you confident you now have safe passage to go to madaya and these other towns? we re cautiously optimistic that we are expecting as early as monday to get into all of these besieged areas. reporter: but deals have been made and broken before. for some, it s already too late.
every day they say help is coming, this man says and it never does. kelly cobiella, nbc news, london. we re joined by bill fralig, director at human rights watch, thank you for joining us this sunday morning. let s talk about the plight of these people. this story really exploded on the international stage within the last week or so, but how did the plight of these people escape the world s attention for so long? well, it s actually been known to the u.n. security council, there have been three different resolutions demanding that all parties to the conflict allow access of humanitarian aid and food to besieged areas. we ve known for some time but there are 15 different locations with about 400,000 people that are trapped in them from either government and government allied forces or rebel armed groups. the problem is of course out of sight, out of mind. the fact these are besieged areas there s little access to them for journalists, or for
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