Source: AlertNet
Country: Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey
By Emma Batha
LONDON (AlertNet) - The United Nations decision to move some staff out of Syria amid escalating violence in Damascus will not affect the U.N. World Food Programme’s plans to deliver food to some 2.5 million people, the WFP head said.
The world body said it would relocate about half its 100 foreign staff after mortar bombs fell near their hotel in the Syrian capital on Monday, and had asked 800 local staff to work from home.
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