U.N. Distributes Food to Syrian Refugees in Jordan
The World Food Program on Tuesday started distributing food to 12,500 Syrians in Jordan, where tens of thousands of refugees have fled from President Bashar Assad's forces.
"The food packages, including rice, sugar, vegetable oil and lentil, are being distributed with the help of Jordan Red Crescent," the U.N. agency said in a statement carried by state-run Petra news agency.
"This emergency plan seeks to cover 25,000 Syrians in Jordan on a monthly basis."
According to the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, 15,999 Syrian refugees are registered in neighboring Jordan.
But Amman says more than 100,000 Syrians have sought refuge in the kingdom since the March 2011 outbreak of the uprising, in which monitors say more than 12,000 people have died, the majority of them civilians.
Source: Agence France Presse
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