Syria's starving hordes: In a biblical picture of suffering, crowd stretching for as far as the eye can see gathers amid the rubble of Damascus for UN food hand-outs

Yarmouk, the Palestinian area of Damascus has been sealed to the outside world on and off since July

These photographs show the first food parcel arrival in Yarmouk for months, hundreds lining in the streets

Yarmouk may yet again cut off from humanitarian aid following clashes in Syria's capital, UN reports

Today, 175 rebel and foreign fighters were killed in a Syrian army ambush near Damascus

Hundreds of men, women and children fight to get to the front of the queue as a refugee camp in Damascus receives food parcels after being cut off for months.

Today the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) called on rebel forces and Al-Assad’s troops alike to allow ‘safe and unhindered humanitarian access’ to thousands of civilians in Yarmouk, a Palestinian district in the Syrian capital.

Yarmouk has seen some of the worst fighting in the capital, leading to severe food shortages and widespread hunger.

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