Nearly one million living under siege in Syria

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The UN Security Council has been told there are nearly one million people living under siege in Syria, a revision of earlier figures.

Aid chief Stephen O'Brien told the council the new figure of 974,080 people marks a dramatic increase from 486,700 Syrians living in besieged areas just six months ago.

"Nearly one million Syrians are living tonight under siege," Mr O'Brien said, RTE.ie‎ reports.