The deputy executive director of the U.N. World Food Program has been on whirlwind visits to hotspots in the Middle East and Sudan to assess dire humanitarian situations and escalating demands for food from millions of people trapped or fleeing conflicts.

The international community owes it to the Syrian people “to listen, to act and to work tirelessly” so the crimes of the deposed Assad regime can never happen again, the top UN envoy for the country said on Thursday.

Speaking on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” McCain said that crises around the globe, many of them in war zones, have depleted the coffers of her organization at a time of rampant malnutrition and starvation. She specified war-torn Syria first and foremost as a crisis spot.

The United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) called on Thursday for $250 million in funding for food assistance to Syria over the next six months, after rebels seized power last week.

Britain on Sunday announced a 50 million pounds ($63 million) aid package to help vulnerable Syrians after rebels last week overthrew President Bashar al-Assad.

The World Food Programme WFP is calling for urgent funds to scale up operations in a bid to reach 28 million displaced and food-insecure people acr

The emergency support will be delivered through the UN and NGO agencies to people in the country, as well as to refugees in Lebanon and Jordan, the Foreign Office said

More than a million people, mostly women and children, have been newly displaced in Syria since rebels launched an offensive ousting President Bashar al-Assad, according to the United Nations humanitarian agency.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced that Ukraine is coordinating food aid to Syria with its partners and the Syrian side. Source: President's address Quote: "Today, I discussed with our government officials - the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food - the issue of food assistance under the Grain from Ukraine programme,

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine is ready to help Syria prevent a food crisis, in particular through the Grain from Ukraine humanitarian programme. Source: an address by Zelenskyy Quote: "Today,

More than a million people have been displaced since the rebel offensive began last month, and the UN’s World Food Programme is seeking $250m for food assistance. Robert Geist Pinfold from Durham University said people in Syria were going through the ...

Syria's interim government vowed on Thursday to institute the "rule of law" after years of abuses under ousted president Bashar al-Assad, as the United States warned against any action that risked triggering further conflict.