UN says 1m Syrians in need of food aid

About one million Syrians are going short of food, most of them in conflict zones, due to government restrictions on aid distribution, the UN said.

The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) is handing out rations to about 1.5 million people in Syria each month, still short of the 2.5 million deemed to be in need, WFP spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs said.

Bread and fuel are particularly in short supply.