title:  People Are Posting Photos Of Their Food To Mock Starving People In Syria (IMAGES/VIDEO)
text: According to The Independent, people who support the regime in Syria are sharing pictures of food on social media in an attempt to taunt starving civilians trapped in a town currently being bombed in Syria. The town of Madaya, a holdout for opposition forces, has been held under siege for six months by the Syrian government. The famine has become so bad that locals report that there are no more cats or dogs left in the area. The local population has even resorted to eating the leaves off from trees in an attempt to curb their hunger. As many as 400,000 people may be living in the same situation in 15 cities across Syria.So, some sick f**ks decided to taunt the locals with pictures of food.# _ _ _  pic.twitter.com/75Yoq8w5Xm  Ivan Sidorenko (@IvanSidorenko1) January 8, 2016https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1554575578194629&set=a.1379661612352694.1073741829.100009266045668&type=3&theaterhttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1648692928716624&set=a.1378524129066840.1073741827.100007277976718&type=3&theaterThe number of people who have starved to death in Madaya is unknown, though some say the death toll could be as high as 41 people. Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) reports that 23 people have died of starvation since the siege began.The # _ _ _  (solidarity with the siege of Madaya) has garnered sharp criticism from people online.This hashtag # _ _ _  on Facebook is one of the lowest points on Social media.. pic.twitter.com/S7IPbhqCxk  Omar Al Shirazi (@Abriel2twit) January 8, 2016people using # _ _ _  to share pics of their meals are fucking scum  a// (@hzlhrst_) January 9, 2016On Thursday, it was announced that humanitarian agencies would be allowed to send in a convoy of supplies to help that are trapped, and facing starvation in the town of Madaya, and elsewhere throughout Syria.The famine in Syria has been largely ignored by the international media. Photos and videos of Syrians, including children, started popping up online causing more people to pay attention to the crisis. Below is a video that shows some of the children who have become emaciated because of the famine.The Guardian reports on the video saying: The man recording this video footage, who is reported to be a nurse, says he is at a hospital in the besieged Syrian town of Madaya on Wednesday 6 January. The footage, which shows two severely malnourished children   Hana (seven months) and Mohamed (age unknown)   was published by the non-profit Syrian American medical society on its Facebook page. Featured Image Credit: Screenshots via Facebook and Twitter