Two babies die at camp for displaced: UN

Two

babies have died of illness in the past week at a camp for displaced people on the Syrian border with Jordan, the United Nations children’s agency Unicef said Thursday.

The deaths prompted Unicef to reiterate calls for humanitarian access for the thousands of people at Rukban camp, which lies in an inhospitable stretch of desert. Civilians trapped at the camp face the risk of starvation amid a deteriorating humanitarian situation after Jordan sealed its border following a Daesh attack on its soldiers. (AFP)