{"id":124115,"date":"2025-04-09T06:37:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T06:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=124115"},"modified":"2025-04-09T06:37:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T06:37:43","slug":"u-n-official-warns-u-s-food-aid-cuts-to-syria-risks-millions-of-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/124115\/","title":{"rendered":"U.N. official warns U.S. food aid cuts to Syria risks millions of lives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> Deputy Special Envoy of the United Nations to Syria, Najat Rochdi, warned on Tuesday that the suspension of U.S. food aid to Syria could have catastrophic consequences, stressing that millions of Syrian lives are at stake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement posted on X platform, Rochdi urged the international community to act immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignright is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1\/3 The suspension of US food aid to Syria risks devastating humanitarian consequences. WFP warns it could be a death sentence for millions already facing extreme hunger. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Syria?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Syria<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UNEnvoySyria?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UNEnvoySyria<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Najat Rochdi (@rochdi_najat) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rochdi_najat\/status\/1909581718954139917?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;WFP warns it could be a death sentence for millions already facing extreme hunger,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rochdi emphasized that nearly 1.5 million Syrians\u2014still recovering from over a decade of war and unrest\u2014now face the loss of essential food assistance. 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