GENEVA: About one million Syrians are going short of food, most of them in conflict zones, due to government restrictions on aid distribution, the United Nations said yesterday.
The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) is handing out rations to about 1.5 million people in Syria each month, still short of the 2.5 million deemed to be in need, WFP spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs said. Bread and fuel particularly are in short supply. The WFP is unable to step up assistance as only a handful of aid agencies are authorised to distribute relief goods in Syria.reuters
