WFP Halves Syria Food Aid Over Funding Shortages
The World Food Programme has reduced emergency assistance in Syria from 1.3 million to 650,000 people as funding constraints force operational cuts. The agency also halted a bread subsidy program for four million people and warned that 7.2 million Syrians remain acutely food insecure.
The World Food Programme (WFP) halved emergency food assistance in Syria, citing a funding shortfall. The agency reduced the number of aid recipients to 650,000 from 1.3 million as operations scaled back to seven governorates. The U.S., the WFP's largest donor, slashed foreign aid under President Donald Trump, triggering similar cuts from other international contributors.
### Funding Shortfalls Force Operational Retreat The fiscal retreat forced the agency to halt a bread subsidy program that previously supported 300 bakeries, providing daily bread to 4 million people in the most vulnerable regions. WFP country director Marianne Ward stated that the reduction is driven solely by funding constraints rather than a decrease in actual needs.
