Syrian Regime Blocks Food to Gassed Town

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BY SAM DAGHER
DAMASCUS, Syria—Government forces are tightening the noose around one of the suburbs gassed by chemical weapons in August, raising concerns of a fresh humanitarian crisis as residents forage for olives, grapevine leaves and other basic foods.
Pro-regime fighters have encircled about 12,000 people, mostly civilians but also including some rebel fighters, in the town of Moadhamiya, according to local and international aid workers, opposition activists and people interviewed on Monday in a government-controlled section of the town.
Moadhamiya, located about 7 miles from central Damascus and visited by a Wall Street Journal reporter, has been inaccessible to Western media since …
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