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WFP Provides Internally Displaced Syrians With Fuel For Stoves As Temperatures Plummet

by World Food Programme | World Food Programme
Friday, 13 December 2013 09:58 GMT

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DAMASCUS - As Syrians face a harsh winter amid civil war for a third consecutive year, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has begun distributing close to 10,000 litres of fuel to internally displaced families living in ten shelters in Damascus. The fuel is used in stoves for both cooking and heating. Further distribution of fuel is planned for an additional 35 shelters in Homs, Hama and Rural Damascus in the next few days.
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