Around 400 people should be urgently evacuated from the besieged Syrian town of Madaya to receive medical treatment, UN diplomats have said.
Around 35,000 people are trapped in the town and had not received supplies since October until a an aid convoy arrived on Monday.
The first aid convoy vehicles have now entered the beseiged town of Madaya, Syria, carrying vital supplies for residents, Agence France-Presse reports.
It comes after the United Nations warned up to 200,000 people face starvation in towns across the war-ravaged country.
Madaya has come under siege from forces belonging to the government regime and from Lebanon's Hezbollah movement, with residents cut off and unable to escape.
Images emerged from the town earlier this week, showing skeletal adults and children living with no food, no water and no electricity.
At least 50 trucks are taking food and medical supplies to 35,000 people trapped in Madaya which had been cut off from help for months.
An aid convoy intended for starving locals in a besieged Syrian village is due to set off on Monday, amid calls for the world to do more.
Shocking images from Syria shine a light on a cruel, medieval form of torture being inflicted on citizens - starvation, writes Rageh Omaar.