ALEPPO, Syria: Opposition-controlled parts of Syria's battered northern city Aleppo came under total siege on Sunday, after government forces severed the last route out of the east.

An estimated 300,000 civilians live in rebel-held neighborhoods of Syria's second city, according to the United Nations, and there are fears that they could face starvation.

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