https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/raneem-salem/rss en Government & Pro-Government Forces Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces War Economy Mon, 11 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Raneem Salem https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2016/01/11/ten-areas-under-siege-by-government-and-opposition https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2016/01/11/ten-areas-under-siege-by-government-and-opposition While the world’s attention has recently been captured by the plight of starving citizens in the besieged town of Madaya, the resort town along the Lebanese border is only one of several areas in Syria that are suffering from debilitating blockades imposed by both sides in the conflict.