Journalist Sophie McNeill of ABC News shared this video of Mohammad Issa, who doctors say is one of around 400 people who need urgent evacuation from Madaya for medical treatment.
'There Are People In Madaya, But There Is No Life'
As a second convoy of aid heads to the Syrian town of Madaya, this morning, the BBC's Richard Colebourn points out that there has been no talk yet of evacuating some of the most ill and malnourished people from the town, as the UN requested this week.
"There is no comparison in what we saw in Madaya," the UN refugee agency's chief, Sajjad Malik, said after visiting the town this week.
"There are people in Madaya, but there is no life, the situation is horrible. There is no food, no light, no heating with low temperatures."
An Islamic State-linked group is suspected of carrying out this morning's attacks in Jakarta, AFP is reporting.
At least 17 people -- including five attackers -- have been killed in this morning's attacks in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.
Jakarta Attacks 'Following Pattern Of Paris Attacks'
A national police spokesman has told AFP that an Indonesian organization with links to the IS group is suspected of carrying out the attacks in Jakarta.
"From what we see today, this group is following the pattern of the Paris attacks," police spokesman Anton Charliyan said.
'IS Issued Cryptic Warning' Before Jakarta Attacks
Indonesian police said that the IS group issued a "cryptic warning" before the attacks in the capital Jakarta this morning.
"The warning said there will be a concert in Indonesia and it will be international news," he told a local radio station.
He did not give any further details, or say when the warning was issued.
Police in Jakarta say the situation there is now under control, and the five suspected attackers have been killed.
No group has yet claimed responsibility but police say they suspect that an IS-linked group was behind the attacks.
Five policemen were shot after a clash with attackers in front of a Starbucks branch in Jakarta, Indonesian deputy police chief Budi Gunawan says.