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Town in Rif Dimashq, Syria
Madaya (Arabic : مضايا , romanized : Maḍāyā Syria , located at an altitude of around 1,300 metres (4,300 ft ).[2] mi ) northwest of Damascus in the Rif Dimashq Governorate . According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Madaya had a population of 9,371 in the 2004 census.[1] Sunni Muslims .[3]
Etymology [ edit ]
J. E. Hanauer said the name "Madaya" should be compared to the Greek mythological figure Medea .[4]
History [ edit ]
J. E. Hanauer visited Madaya around 1909. He saw villagers preparing for winter by drying tomatoes and wheat to make bulgur , and feeding sheep with leaves before slaughtering them for preservation as "kawarma ".[4]
Syrian civil war [ edit ]
Since July 2015, the town has been besieged by a combination of Syrian forces loyal to the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and the allied Lebanese militia Hezbollah .[5] Doctors Without Borders reported that 23 people had died of starvation[6] [6] United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon expressed alarm at the situation in Madaya[7] war crime .
On 7 January 2016, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs issued a statement[8] Al-Fu'ah and Kafriya . Amid calls from United Nations officials[9] [10] humanitarian aid , which was carried out on 11 January 2016.[11]
On 14 April 2017, the 2015 Zabadani cease-fire agreement was implemented, and 60 buses transported 2,350 people, including 400 rebels, from Madaya and Zabadani to Idlib.[12]
References [ edit ]
^ "Madaya, Syria Page" .
^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 146
^ a b Hanauer, J. E. (1909). "Notes from Damascus and the Anti-Libanus" . Palestine Exploration Quarterly . 41 2 ): 137. doi :10.1179/peq.1909.41.2.119 . ISSN 0031-0328 .
^ Khushbu Shah, Nick Paton Walsh and Peter Wilkinson, CNN (7 January 2016). "Madaya: Syria allows aid into besieged city - CNN.com" . CNN . CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link )
^ a b "Siege and starvation in Madaya; immediate medical evacuations and medical resupply essential to save lives" . Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) International . Retrieved 2016-01-14 .
^ Rivett-Carnac, Mark (15 January 2016). "U.N. Chief Warns Syria Starvation Is a War Crime" . TIME.com . Retrieved 2016-01-23 .
^ Section, United Nations News Service (2016-01-07). "UN News - UN calls for humanitarian access to besieged areas in Syria, welcomes new approvals from Government" . UN News Service Section . Retrieved 2016-01-14 .
^ "Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Kyung-Wha Kang Security Council Briefing on Syria, New York, 15 January 2016" . ReliefWeb . Retrieved 2016-01-23 .
^ "Joint statement: An appeal to end the suffering in Syria [EN/AR/FR/SP/RU/CH]" . ReliefWeb . Retrieved 2016-01-23 .
^ Kareem Shaheen (11 January 2016). "Trucks from aid convoy enter besieged Syrian town of Madaya" . The Guardian . Retrieved 11 January 2016 .
^ Nabih Boulos (14 April 2017). "Syrians leave family, memories behind as tens of thousands are evacuated in previously brokered deal" . Los Angeles Times .
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