The World Food Programme (WFP) of the United Nations has succeeded in delivering “desperately needed food” items to stranded citizens in war-torn Syria.
The distribution which involved series of UN inter-agency convoys was completed yesterday.
“This marks a major humanitarian breakthrough in Syria, but we must remember that one-off and sporadic convoys can only provide temporary relief to hungry, desperate people”, said WFP’s Syria Country Director Jakob Kern.
The humanitarian team observed that the people of Moadamiyeh were “looking thin and haggard and children looking small for their age.”
“People need to eat every single day. We hope that we can continue these deliveries and keep bringing relief to the most vulnerable people in all parts of the country”, Kern said.
The food items which included chickpeas, rice, bulgur wheat, lentils, canned food and cooking oil were shared to each family in the five locations of Moadamiyeh, Zabadani and Madaya in Rural Damascus and Foah and Kefraya in Rural Idlib.
This was contained in a document published on the WFP website.
History of Syrian Conflict:
The Syrian conflict began on March 15, 2011 as a result of a simple protest against the Bashar al-Assad government.
It later evolved into an insurgency that has drawn in many other countries.
The war is seen as partly a religious conflict, a civil war of government against people, and a proxy war between Russia and Russia on one hand and the United States and its allies on the other hand.
Over 220,000 people are reported to have lost their lives since the war began, with half of the country’s population displaced.
Call for Humanitarian Intervention:
Earlier this year, the United Nations called on the al-Assad led government, and the opposition leaders to allow humanitarian assistance into the five worse hit regions in the country.
The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon has since admitted that the union has failed the people of Syria as a result of big power disagreements which has affected smooth intervention.
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