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.
After three months without food and electricity, and reports of people dying, lorries carrying essential supplies have been allowed into the besieged Syrian town of Madaya.
The town, and neighbouring Zabadani, have been cut off since October - and activists say President Bashar al-Assad's forces are surrounding at least 50 other communities.
Rebel fighters are also employing the tactic, prevential crucial supplies from reaching trapped populations.
ITV News Middle East correspondent Geraint Vincent reports:
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.