Syria civilians risk ‘starving’ if aid flows don’t improve: UN envoy

Syrian schoolchildren run past damaged buildings in the rebel-held are of Jobar, on the ea
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Geneva (AFP) – Many Syrian civilians will face starvation if Damascus and armed rebel groups do not allow greater access to humanitarian convoys carrying life-saving supplies, the UN envoy to the war-ravaged country said Thursday. 

There “are plenty of civilians at the moment in danger of starvation,” Staffan de Mistura told reporters, following the weekly meeting of the United Nations-backed humanitarian taskforce struggling to coordinate aid deliveries across Syria.

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