four days old u.n. officials say over a thousand children here are suffering from malnutrition they're demanding the syrian army and its blockade of the region to allow in more aid. cheerful solution to the plight of these people has to be found meanwhile immediate access to enable lifesaving assistance for the civilian population is critical but whatever happens it is our collective g.-t. to avoid yet another humanitarian catastrophe in syria. the eastern hotel was supposed to be one of the so-called the escalation zones in the country's civil war. instead the syrian army has tightened its siege in recent months shelling the region and destroying tunnels used by smugglers to bring in food and medicine. monday's delivery was only the second time in two months the syrian military has allowed aid to reach civilians it means the people here in eastern