In Syria region under regime siege, children die of hunger 10/23/2017 9:46:07 AM   facebook Google+ ► Print A nurse holds a Syrian child suffering from severe malnutrition at a clinic in the rebel-controlled town of Hamouria, in the eastern Ghouta region near the capital Damascus, on October 21, 2017 Hamouria, Syria, AFP, 22 October 2017  -  One-month-old Sahar, her ribs protruding under the translucent skin, breathed her last on Sunday in Syria's Eastern Ghouta, where a crushing regime siege has pushed hundreds of children to the brink of starvation. Only a trickle of humanitarian aid ever reaches this rebel-held region east of Damascus, under a tight blockade by Assad regime forces since 2013. Eastern Ghouta is one of four 'de-escalation zones' set up in May under a deal between backers of rival sides in Syria's devastating six-year war.     Kids are suffering from malnutrition in East Ghouta. But food supplies...