WFP chief Cindy McCain said Syria’s struggle with hunger is a national and regional security issue, especially as the country goes through a critical transition period. “What’s at stake here ...

The recent ceasefire in Gaza has provided a crucial opportunity for humanitarian efforts, significantly improving conditions for the aid organisations, said the chief of the UN’s World Food Programme.

warning Syria’s neighbors that its food and economic crisis is also a crisis of security. “Hunger does not breed good will,” Cindy McCain said in an interview during her first visit to Damascus.

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WFP chief Cindy McCain said Syria’s struggle with hunger is a national and regional security issue, especially as the country goes through a critical transition period. “What’s at stake here is not ...