As Syrians flee into Turkey to escape ISIS, they are in desperate of humanitarian aid.
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Tag Archives: Middle East
Boston Globe Letter: Food aid key to winning the peace
More than 11 million people there are suffering. The UN World Food Program, because of low funding, has been forced to reduce rations for Syrians. We are going to need a bigger humanitarian aid plan.
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Gaza: food programs stalled because lack of funds
Hunger is increasing in Gaza because of massive displacement from the conflict with Israel. The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is providing food aid, but some programs have been stopped because of low funding.
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Catholic Relief agency feeding Iraq’s war victims
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is feeding the hungry in war-torn Iraq. Around 1.8 million people have been displaced by the attacks from the terrorist army ISIL.
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UN says more Iraqis fleeing to Jordan and Turkey
To escape the terrorist army ISIL, more Iraqis are fleeing to neighboring countries Jordan and Turkey.
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WFP scaling up Iraqi food aid as war continues
More than one million Iraqis are receiving aid from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). These starving war victims have been displaced from their homes by the terrorist army ISIL, who has launched attacks throughout Iraq.
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Fighting hunger part of strategy to defeat ISIL
Last week President Obama put forth his strategy for defeating the terrorist army ISIL. Feeding the starving civilians in both Iraq and Syria is a vital component of this plan.
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UNICEF feeds children in freed Iraqi town
The UN children’s agency UNICEF continues to bring aid to the Iraqi town of Amirli. After a two-month siege by ISIL, Amirli was freed by U.S. airstrikes on the terrorist army.
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Syrians will soon lose life-saving food aid
Syrians displaced in their war-torn homeland and refugees in neighboring countries will feel the devastating impact of the funding cuts.
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Syrian refugees in Turkey need humanitarian aid
There are nearly a million Syrian war victims who have fled to neighboring Turkey. A quarter million of these are living in refugee camps.
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