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Lack of funds forces UN to slash aid to Syrian refugees

 The World Food Program (WFP) is to slash its aid to Syrian refugees due to a lack of funding, the UN agency announced on Wednesday. This month the agency will halve the value of food vouchers given to refugees in Lebanon to $13.50 per person per month. Furthermore, the WFP said in a...

2 Syrians reportedly kidnapped in e.Lebanon released

Two Syrian men purportedly kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in east Lebanon were released several hours later, the National News Agency said Tuesday. The report said Mohammad Zakaria Yehya, 28, and Ismail Fahed Noureddine, 31, were released shortly before midnight. NNA had said the two men...