(CNN) -- Two children died Saturday in the suburbs of the Syrian capital -- not because of guns, bombs or other weapons, but because of malnutrition, activists and an opposition group said. 

The two boys suffered from marasmus, a type of acute malnutrition that can very quickly lead to death if not treated, the opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. 

Ibrahim Khalil was 4; Ammar Arafa was even younger, but his exact age wasn't known, opposition activist Ahmed Al-Muadami said from the town, Moadamiyet al-Sham, in the Damascus suburbs. 

Moadamiyet al-Sham was one of the areas affected by the alleged chemical weapons attack August 21. It was the first town United Nations inspectors visited this week to gather evidence about the attack and speak to the wounded. 

Al-Muadami said the town has been under siege by Syrian troops since last November and that the situation there is "disastrous." 

"We ran out of food supplies and we cannot get anything into the town," he said. 

Doctors lacked the medicine and necessary nutrients to treat the children because of the siege, the Syrian Observatory said. 

"We haven't seen a piece of bread for six months now," said another resident, Abu Alnour. "We went through our food supplies, local produce and cattle." 

He said government checkpoints and snipers are blocking all the roads leading into the town and are not allowing anything in or out. The Syrian government typically calls rebels "armed terrorists." 

"The Red Crescent tried to send an aid shipment into the town in early July but the government forces denied them access, and that was the last aid shipment we heard about," Al-Muadami said. 
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malnutrition
because of malnutrition
marasmus
marasmus, a type of acute malnutrition
Ibrahim Khalil and Ammar Arafa
Ibrahim Khalil was 4; Ammar Arafa 
Damascus
Damascus suburbs
food supplies
We ran out of food supplies
The Red Crescent
The Red Crescent tried to send an aid shipment
government forces denied them access
 government forces denied them access
checkpoints and snipers are blocking all the roads
checkpoints and snipers are blocking all the roads
for six months
We haven't seen a piece of bread for six months now
lacked the medicine and necessary nutrients
 lacked the medicine and necessary nutrients
United Nations
United Nations inspectors
to gather evidence
 to gather evidence
about the attack (Chemical)
about the attack and speak to the wounded. 
to the wounded.
speak to the wounded. 

since last November
since last November 
"armed terrorists."
The Syrian government typically calls rebels "armed terrorists." 
Abu Alnour
resident, Abu Alnour