SYRIA-ALEPPO-WFP-FOOD-INSECURITY

SYRIA-ALEPPO-WFP-FOOD-INSECURITY

(240219) -- ALEPPO, Feb. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Mohammed Ibrahim Hindawi and his wife Suaad Mohamed Al-Shawi walk out of a World Food Program (WFP) aid registration center in Aleppo, Syria, Jan. 24, 2024, as they face reduced food assistance due to funding shortages of the WFP. The inability of the World Food Program (WFP) to sustain its food assistance to millions of Syrians plunged more struggling families into deeper hardship and despair. TO GO WITH "Feature: Affected Syrians endure deepening food insecurity as WFP food rations end" (Photo by Monsef Memari/Xinhua)

Syrians endure deepening food insecurity as WFP food rations end

STORY: Syrians endure deepening food insecurity as WFP food rations end SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 18, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 19, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:14 LOCATION: ALEPPO, Syria CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of WFP center in Aleppo 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MOHAMMED HINDAWI, Aleppo Resident 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MOHAMMED HINDAWI, Aleppo Resident 4. various of WFP center in Aleppo 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): SUAD AL-SHAWI, Aleppo Resident 6. various of Hadia Kurdi's home 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (Arabic): HADIA KURDI, Aleppo Resident 8. SOUNDBITE 5 (Arabic): HADIA KURDI, Aleppo Resident 9. various of interview with WFP representative and country director in Syria 10. SOUNDBITE 6 (English): KENN CROSSLEY, WFP Representative and Country Director in Syria STORYLINE: In war-torn Syria, the recent cuts to food aid by the World Food Program (WFP) have cast a dark shadow over families already struggling with hardship and despair. Mohammed Ibrahim Hindawi, once a skilled tailor, now finds himself grappling with unemplo