Damascus – Last week, the United Nations Agency for Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) distributed food parcels to 339 families in the Yarmouk camp, in the outskirts of Damascus. This was the first time food was distributed since December 6, 2014. So far, Italy has allocated €51.2 million in response to the Syrian crisis, with interventions in favor of the displaced population in Syria and in support of the governments of neighboring countries (Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey) who are letting Syrian refugees in. The Italian Cooperation has intervened in Syria to provide assistance to Syrians affected by the crisis, with projects worth €17.9 million covering: emergency first aid; food assistance and nutrition; health; multi-sectoral interventions; humanitarian coordination; protection and psychosocial assistance; agriculture; and humanitarian demining. (9Colonne)
