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Location: Middle East


My Glimpse of Suffering in Syria
WFP Syria Country Director Jakob Kern, describes his experience working in one of the world’s most difficult conflict zones.

Ready for Anything: Responding to Chaos in Syria
As news reports highlight the deteriorating situation in Eastern Ghouta, the World Food Programme (WFP) is using every tool in its toolbox to deliver food to people trapped by conflict.

Ready for Anything: The Race to Save Lives in Yemen
Learn how the World Food Programme (WFP) is responding when the conditions of war are changing almost every day.

Breaking News: Food Reaches Besieged Area in Syria
Since 2013, 400,000 people have been trapped in a besieged area of Syria without reliable access to food and medicine.

Crisis Zone Food Cuts
There isn’t enough food — for refugees, for vulnerable families in conflict zones and for people struggling on the brink of famine.

Humanitarian Breakthrough in Yemen
The arrival of four mobile cranes in Hodeidah Port will allow the World Food Programme (WFP) to better deliver more food and humanitarian supplies to hungry families in need.

Yemeni Refugees Describe the Difference That Food and Cash is Making
An insight into how families are trying to find a sense of normality in Djibouti.

Hunger Crisis Worsens in Syria
As families adopt emergency coping strategies, funding shortfalls have forced the World Food Programme (WFP) to cut food assistance to displaced Syrians inside the country.

“60 Minutes” Features Yemen On the Brink of Famine
CBS Correspondent Scott Pelley reports on the crisis in Yemen, where more than 20 million people don’t know where their next meal is coming from.
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