The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is asking for your help to save 1.7 million Syrian war refugees from starvation. WFP has launched the 1 Dollar for Syrian Refugees campaign.
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Low funds forces WFP to stop food for Syrian refugees
Syrian refugees, who fled the civil war in their homeland, are now facing a hunger crisis. The UN World Food Programme (WFP) says they have run out of funds to feed them.
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A Thanksgiving gift for Syria’s war victims
The war in Syria has caused a hunger emergency in the Middle East. On Thanksgiving Eve it was announced that the U.S. Food for Peace program is donating US $125 million to feed the war victims.
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Food is hope for Syrians fleeing ISIS
The ISIS assault on the town of Kobane in Syria has sent almost 200,000 people fleeing for their lives. They have to brave a dangerous journey to reach safety in Turkey.
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Syria: bread shortages, areas blocked from aid
Bread is something many of us can obtain on a daily basis. But in Syria, where the civil war continues to rage, this basic food is scarcely available.
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Hunger winter feared for Iraqi, Syrian war victims
Food and shelter are urgently needed for Syrian and Iraqi war victims. Thousands daily in these two countries are fleeing the onslaught of the terrorist army ISIS.
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Food can save education for Syrian refugees
A great tragedy is unfolding in the Middle East with the children of Syria. A civil war, now in its 4th year, has forced over three million Syrians to flee to neighboring countries, including Jordan and Iraq. About half of these war victims are children.
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UNICEF feeding Syrian refugees in Turkey
As Syrians flee into Turkey to escape ISIS, they are in desperate of humanitarian aid.
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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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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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