FOREIGN-FUNDED militants were digging in for a lengthy siege in the eastern districts of Aleppo yesterday amid signs that Western support was wavering.

Reuters reported yesterday that the insurgents had several months worth of supplies squirrelled away in the ruined east of the city.

The UN said it and other agencies also had enough food in east Aleppo to feed 145,000 people for one month in addition to the militants’ stockpile.