WFP Reports Record Aid Deliveries to Syria

The World Food Program says it distributed U.N. humanitarian food aid to a record 4.1 million people inside Syria in August due to improved access. The deliveries follow the passage of a U.N. Security Council resolution allowing WFP aid to enter opposition-held areas without the approval of the Syrian government. Earlier Tuesday, Fiji's military commander said al-Qaida-linked militants in Syria have made a set of demands they want fulfilled before they released a group of 45 Fijian...

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