Starvation used as weapon in Syrian town, U.N. investigators say Posted on Jan 12, 2016 by Reuters This story via Reuters Media Express has expired. Tags: Civil War, Madaya, Syria, Syria Refugee. Reuters Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest international multimedia news provider reaching more than one billion people every day. Reuters provides trusted business, financial, national, and international news to professionals via Thomson Reuters desktops, the world's media organizations, and directly to consumers at Reuters.com and Reuters TV.