Activists have warned Foua and Kfarya in Idlib province have been under attack from rebel groups for more than a year.But the situation deteriorated in September when insurgents captured an airbase used by helicopters that delivered canned food, vegetables and bread to about 30,000 people.
Pro-government fighters recently evacuated from two besieged villages Foua and Kfarya described harsh conditions there with scarce food and medicine, saying some residents are eating grass to survive and undergoing surgery without anesthesia.
'Our life was catastrophic in Foua and Kfarya,' said Hussein Mahdi Kazem, a 16-year-old wounded fighter.
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