In a strongly-worded statement, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki condemned the regime's continued siege of Ghouta and other Damascus suburbs, such as Mouadimiya.
There were now "unprecedented reports of children dying of malnutrition-related causes in areas that are only a few miles from Bashar al-Assad's palace in Damascus," Psaki said.
She added that the "people of Mouadimiya have been without basic necessities for nearly a year, and the regime's deliberate prevention of the delivery of lifesaving humanitarian supplies to thousands of civilians is unconscionable."
"We call on the Syrian regime to immediately approve relief convoys into these areas," the spokeswoman said.
Psaki also warned the Assad regime against using limited evacuations of some civilians as "an excuse to attack those residents who remain behind."
"Those who are responsible for atrocities in the Damascus suburbs and across Syria must be identified and held accountable," she said.
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