Record 4.1 million in Syria got food aid in August, U.N. says


  • World
  • Tuesday, 02 Sep 2014

People unpack humanitarian aid inside a warehouse in Ghouta, eastern Damascus May 24, 2014. REUTERS/Badra Mamet

GENEVA (Reuters) - A record 4.1 million people in Syria received food rations in August due to more convoys being able to cross front lines and borders from Turkey and Jordan, the U.N.'s World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.

"We are reaching more people every day with urgently needed food assistance – many of them have been going hungry for months," Muhannad Hadi, WFP's regional emergency coordinator for the Syria crisis, said in a statement.

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