Due to ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria), towns in Syria including Mayada, and locations around it, have been denied access to basic necessities, and haven’t been receiving these basic needs since the beginning of October.

Photographs posted on the internet exposed “frail, skeletal corpses and emaciated people, including children” which haven’t eaten for months, Explains The Washington Post.

People around the world have expressed alarm to these poor families who had no choice but to eat their pets and leaves to stay alive.

“We were eating leaves and grass, but these days there are no more leaves because of the snow.” quoted the author from The Washington Post.

Since snow had fallen on the last of their vegetation, people have had nothing to eat and are left to die. On average in the town of Mayada, two people die from lack of food and nutrients. Recently, the first shipment of foreign aid has been provided to towns in Syria since Monday with food and blankets.

According to CNN, they described how sixty-five trucks entered Mayda, Foua, and Kefraya loaded with aid supplies.

Four trucks carried food and blankets, and the rest contained medicine and other supplies.

“We need to open our eyes, our minds, and our hearts to this reality. The world view is changing and we’re just now beginning to realize what’s been here in our world all along– people.” states Michelle Mata, a 23 year old who is currently in Ciaro, Egypt.