WFP suspends food aid for 1.7 million Syrian refugees

Syrian refugees shop in a hypermarket after receiving their humanitarian aid shopping vouchers at al-Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of MafraqGENEVA (Reuters) – A lack of funds has forced the U.N. World Food Programme to stop providing food vouchers for 1.7 million Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt, the agency said on Monday. "Without WFP vouchers, many families will go hungry. For refugees already struggling to survive the harsh winter, the consequences of halting this assistance will be devastating," said WFP, which needs $64 million to support the refugees for the rest of December. …

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