By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations has been forced to cut the size of food parcels for those left hungry by Syria's civil war by a fifth because of a shortage of funds from do**rs, a senior official said on Monday. Nevertheless, the United Nations' World food Programme managed to get food to a record 4.1 million people inside Syria last month, WFP deputy executive director Amir Abdulla told a news conference, just short of its target of 4.2 million. As the humanitarian crisis within Syria intensifies, its neighbors are also groaning under the strain of an exodus of refugees that **w totals around 3 million, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said.
04-07-2014, 10:00 PM
U.N. has to cut Syria food rations for lack of do**r funds
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations has been forced to cut the size of food parcels for those left hungry by Syria's civil war by a fifth because of a shortage of funds from do**rs, a senior official said on Monday. Nevertheless, the United Nations' World food Programme managed to get food to a record 4.1 million people inside Syria last month, WFP deputy executive director Amir Abdulla told a news conference, just short of its target of 4.2 million. As the humanitarian crisis within Syria intensifies, its neighbors are also groaning under the strain of an exodus of refugees that **w totals around 3 million, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said.
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