U.N. delivers food to residents of besieged Damascus suburb


  • World
  • Friday, 31 Jan 2014

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A United Nations agency delivered food to a rebel-held Damascus district on Thursday, alleviating the plight of thousands of people trapped for months by a Syrian army siege.

The U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which cares for Palestinian refugees, said it had distributed 1,000 food parcels in Yarmouk camp, its biggest delivery there yet.

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