Thursday, December 6, 2012

A million Syrians may go hungry this winter

But who cares? Israel's building some houses.
DUBAI (Reuters) - Worsening security in Syria means aid groups are unable to reach a million people who may be going hungry as winter closes in, the head of the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday.

The United Nations said this week it would suspend aid operations in Syria as a 20-month civil war tips the country further into anarchy and more civilians get caught in the violence.

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