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The UN announced Sunday (9) the launch of a humanitarian aid operation to 650,000 Syrians through the Jaber border post (called Nasib on the Syrian side) between Jordan and the United Arab Emirates. Syria.
In total, "369 trucks carrying 11,200 tons of humanitarian aid to 650,000 people" mobilized as part of this operation, which will last "four weeks", he said in a statement from the Bureau United Nations Humanitarian Coordination Office (OCHA), established in Amman.
This "exceptional" aid, distributed in collaboration with "six other UN agencies and one NGO", represents the equivalent of "one month supply" for the population served, according to the same source.
In addition to food badistance, beneficiaries will receive "water, medical care and other health services," said the OCHA workshop in Jordan .
"This large-scale logistical operation aims to relieve the suffering of the Syrian people," said Anders Pedersen, UN humanitarian coordinator for Jordan, quoted in the statement.
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