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UN's Food Programme Seeks $77 Million Aid For Turkey,Syria Quake Survivors
The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) appealed on Friday for $77 million to provide food rations and hot meals for 874,000 people affected by the deadly earthquake in Syria and Turkey.
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China Donates $1 Million Towards Food Aid For War-Stricken Syrians
China has donated $1 million in aid to the World Food Programme (WFP) in Syria to purchase food for the war-stricken Syrians, the Chinese Embassy in Syria has said.
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UN Convoy Brings Food To Besieged Syrian Town Of Daraya
An international aid convoy reached Daraya - a Syrian town under siege by government forces - in the middle of the night, delivering food supplies for the first time since 2012, a U.N. spokesman said on Friday.
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UN Causes Food-Poisoning with Deliveries of 'Mouldy' Biscuits to Syria: Report
The United Nations sent hundreds of boxes of "mouldy" high-energy biscuits that were past their 'sell-by' date to besieged people in Syria this month, causing widespread food poisoning, according to a humanitarian watchdog on Friday.
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World Food Programme Forced to Cut Food Aid for Syrian Refugees by Half
The U.N. World Food Programme has cut by half the amount of food assistance it can give to hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon due to lack of funds, the agency said on Friday.
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Record 4.1 Million in Syria Got Food Aid in August, UN Says
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.
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UN Ends Border Ban to Bring Food to Millions of Desperate Syrians
Aid agencies said on Tuesday they were ready to truck desperately-needed supplies to 2.9 million more Syrians after the UN Security Council finally passed a resolution backing cross-border convoys.
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Food Aid for 30,000 People in Syria: UN
The United Nations or UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said a 15-truck convoy delivered food aid for 30,000 people in opposition-held areas of Syria.
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UN warns of drought crisis in Syria
The UN's food aid agency warned on Tuesday that Syria was facing a drought that could put millions of people's lives at risk, compounding the impact of years of war.
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UN to launch first airlift of aid to Syria via Iraq
The United Nations is launching its first airlift of food and other aid supplies from Iraq to the Kurdistan region of northern Syria this week with permission from both governments, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said on Tuesday.
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US 'non-lethal' aid reaches Syria despite border problems
Some "non-lethal" U.S. aid such as food and medicine is still getting through to areas controlled by Syrian rebels despite the recent closing of an important border crossing in the North of the country, the State Department said on Monday.
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Syria crisis: Russian plane lands to deliver aid, evacuate citizens
A Russian cargo plane carrying food aid for Syria landed in the Mediterranean city of Latakia today and would evacuate Russians wanting to leave the conflict-torn country, the emergencies ministry said.
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UN's Food Programme Seeks $77 Million Aid For Turkey,Syria Quake Survivors
The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) appealed on Friday for $77 million to provide food rations and hot meals for 874,000 people affected by the deadly earthquake in Syria and Turkey.
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China Donates $1 Million Towards Food Aid For War-Stricken Syrians
China has donated $1 million in aid to the World Food Programme (WFP) in Syria to purchase food for the war-stricken Syrians, the Chinese Embassy in Syria has said.
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UN Convoy Brings Food To Besieged Syrian Town Of Daraya
An international aid convoy reached Daraya - a Syrian town under siege by government forces - in the middle of the night, delivering food supplies for the first time since 2012, a U.N. spokesman said on Friday.
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UN Causes Food-Poisoning with Deliveries of 'Mouldy' Biscuits to Syria: Report
The United Nations sent hundreds of boxes of "mouldy" high-energy biscuits that were past their 'sell-by' date to besieged people in Syria this month, causing widespread food poisoning, according to a humanitarian watchdog on Friday.
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World Food Programme Forced to Cut Food Aid for Syrian Refugees by Half
The U.N. World Food Programme has cut by half the amount of food assistance it can give to hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon due to lack of funds, the agency said on Friday.
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Record 4.1 Million in Syria Got Food Aid in August, UN Says
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.
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UN Ends Border Ban to Bring Food to Millions of Desperate Syrians
Aid agencies said on Tuesday they were ready to truck desperately-needed supplies to 2.9 million more Syrians after the UN Security Council finally passed a resolution backing cross-border convoys.
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Food Aid for 30,000 People in Syria: UN
The United Nations or UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said a 15-truck convoy delivered food aid for 30,000 people in opposition-held areas of Syria.
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UN warns of drought crisis in Syria
The UN's food aid agency warned on Tuesday that Syria was facing a drought that could put millions of people's lives at risk, compounding the impact of years of war.
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UN to launch first airlift of aid to Syria via Iraq
The United Nations is launching its first airlift of food and other aid supplies from Iraq to the Kurdistan region of northern Syria this week with permission from both governments, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said on Tuesday.
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US 'non-lethal' aid reaches Syria despite border problems
Some "non-lethal" U.S. aid such as food and medicine is still getting through to areas controlled by Syrian rebels despite the recent closing of an important border crossing in the North of the country, the State Department said on Monday.
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Syria crisis: Russian plane lands to deliver aid, evacuate citizens
A Russian cargo plane carrying food aid for Syria landed in the Mediterranean city of Latakia today and would evacuate Russians wanting to leave the conflict-torn country, the emergencies ministry said.
