Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Syrian Refugees Face Food Crisis as UN Funds Dry Up

Close to 1.7 million Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt are facing a disastrous and hungry winter after a financial crisis compelled the United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) to suspend food vouchers to hundreds of thousands forced into exile by the conflict. The UN's initiative allows refugees to buy food in local shops. The WFP has brought food to millions of Syrians inside the country since the war began ...

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