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Syria declares emergency for drought-hit northeast
Damascus (AFP) June 8, 2009 Syria on Monday adopted emergency measures, including food distribution, to help people in the drought-hit northeast of the country, the official Sana news agency said. It said the authorities "have begun to distribute food aid in the worst drought-affected regions in the northeast" as part of a series of emergency steps. "Nearly 5,200 food rations have been distributed in Al-Hasakah and 15,000 more rations will arrive in the next few days," said provincial governor Najib Salloum. He added that each food ration comprised "150 kilograms of flour, 25 kg sugar, 25 kg semolina, 10 kg lentils, two kg animal fat, one kg tea, and one kg oil, worth in total 6,000 Syrian pounds (128 dollars)" distributed to the worst-affected families. Syria's northeast has been affected by drought for the past three years and 160 villages were abandoned by their inhabitants in 2007 and 2008 because of the climate change, according to a report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) published last week. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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