WFP can’t meet food demand in Syria

Navideshahed- The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has said that demand for food in Syria is more than what the humanitarian organization can achieve.

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پنجشنبه - ۰۳ ارديبهشت ۲۰۱۴ / 2014 03 February

On Monday, Ertharin Cousin, the WFP chief executive, said, “The level of need is much higher than what we’re actually achieving in Syria.”?
Cousin also said that there are 45,000 families in the Syrian province of Hasakah who are in dire need of food.
In January, Cousin said foreign-backed militants in Syria are hindering the process of aid provision in the crisis-hit Arab country.
She added that large swathes of eastern Syria have become even harder to access due to the fact that al-Qaeda-affiliated militants have taken some of the main roads in the area.
She further touched upon the heavy cost of transporting food to the province, saying, “Despite the cost, we know that that’s the only way right now that we can reach those families”? in the Hasakah.
According to reports, the WFP paid a cost of 800,000 dollars for airlifting food from Iraq to Hasakah in December last year.
“What that means is that we can provide less food to fewer people when we use resources that should be going to feed people to pay for airplanes,”? she added.
On January 9, Cousin issued a statement saying that “I am overwhelmingly moved by the resilience and the spirit of the Syrian people. It is essential that the international community continues to support the provision of basic humanitarian needs.”?
Referring to people who are in need of humanitarian aid in the Middle Eastern country, the statement noted that “This month, we scaled up our food assistance to reach 4.25 million people inside Syria.”?
Syria has been gripped by deadly unrest since 2011. According to reports, the Western powers and their regional allies -- especially Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey -- are supporting the militants operating inside Syria.
The UN has said that more than 100,000 people have been killed and millions displaced so far due to the turmoil in the country.
The UN said earlier that more than four million other Syrians will be forced out of their homes in 2014 by the escalating conflict in the country.
A British defense study published in September last year by IHS Jane’s showed that about 100,000 militants, fragmented into 1,000 groups, are fighting in Syria against the government and people.

On Monday, Ertharin Cousin, the WFP chief executive, said, “The level of need is much higher than what we’re actually achieving in Syria.”? Cousin also said that there are 45,000 families in the Syrian province of Hasakah who are in dire need of food. In January, Cousin said foreign-backed militants in Syria are hindering the process of aid provision in the crisis-hit Arab country. She added that large swathes of eastern Syria have become even harder to access due to the fact that al-Qaeda-affiliated militants have taken some of the main roads in the area. She further touched upon the heavy cost of transporting food to the province, saying, “Despite the cost, we know that that’s the only way right now that we can reach those families”? in the Hasakah. According to reports, the WFP paid a cost of 800,000 dollars for airlifting food from Iraq to Hasakah in December last year. “What that means is that we can provide less food to fewer people when we use resources that should be going to feed people to pay for airplanes,”? she added. On January 9, Cousin issued a statement saying that “I am overwhelmingly moved by the resilience and the spirit of the Syrian people. It is essential that the international community continues to support the provision of basic humanitarian needs.”? Referring to people who are in need of humanitarian aid in the Middle Eastern country, the statement noted that “This month, we scaled up our food assistance to reach 4.25 million people inside Syria.”? Syria has been gripped by deadly unrest since 2011. According to reports, the Western powers and their regional allies -- especially Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey -- are supporting the militants operating inside Syria. The UN has said that more than 100,000 people have been killed and millions displaced so far due to the turmoil in the country. The UN said earlier that more than four million other Syrians will be forced out of their homes in 2014 by the escalating conflict in the country. A British defense study published in September last year by IHS Jane’s showed that about 100,000 militants, fragmented into 1,000 groups, are fighting in Syria against the government and people.