Millions face hunger in Syria, archbishop warns
January 11, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: With the UN’s World Food Program set to end its special program in Syria, Archbishop Jacques Mourad of Homs has told Vatican Radio that the decision will “throw the Syrian people into despair.”
After years of war, an estimated 12 million people in Syria lack access to adequate food supplies. UN officials have said that they must cut back support because of a lack of funding and competing needs caused by the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.
Decrying the “terrible and unfair decision,” Archbishop Mourad said that “it is as if the world were telling the Syrian people, ‘You are condemned to die.’”
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Posted by: Randal Mandock -
Jan. 12, 2024 5:20 PM ET USA
But of course, the U.S. will not revoke its war posture against Syria, just as it resumes its active military aggression against Yemen. So now there are 3 war zones where the U.S. is knee-deep in the fight: the lost war in Ukraine, the war against Palestinians in Gaza, and the Obama-inspired war in Yemen. If anyone ever cared to notice, Syria is the most Christian-friendly country in the Middle East, alongside Jordan. Every Christmas Bashar al-Assad shows up at Mass and liturgy to show support.
