Millions of Syrians go to sleep hungry: aid organizations

Source: Xinhua| 2020-06-29 22:01:51|Editor: huaxia

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A farmer collects tomatoes at farmland in Damascus, capital of Syria, June 29, 2020. A staggering 9.3 million Syrians are now going to sleep hungry and more another two million are at risk of a similar fate, international NGOs said in a joint statement Monday. Signed by the Norwegian Refugee Council, Oxfam, CARE, Mercy Corps, and others, the statement warned that "Syrians who have already endured almost a decade of war and displacement are now facing unprecedented levels of hunger leaving millions of people acutely vulnerable to COVID-19." (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

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