Reports on the siege of Madaya have recently flooded the media. Horrific stories have been told of people starving and residents being shot for trying to leave. The U.N. estimated 42,000 people were trapped in the Syrian town, and international attention pressured the Syrian government to lift the siege and allow aid to enter.

What is also horrific, however, are a number of other ongoing sieges — and much larger U.S.-backed blockades — throughout the Middle East that are largely ignored in the Western media.

One does not even need to look beyond Syria’s borders. The siege on Madaya is not the only siege in Syria; the U.N. estimates almost 400,000 people live in 15 besieged areas throughout the country.

The siege on Madaya is tragic — so are U.S.-backed blockades of Yemen and Gaza. Where is the outrage over those?

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