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The United Nations office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs in Syria denounced the worsening humanitarian situation in the country.
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00:00The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Syria denounced
00:05the worsening humanitarian situation in the country.
00:08According to the organization, Syria is facing a funding shortfall which has worsened the
00:14humanitarian crisis.
00:16They also detailed that currently 16.7 million Syrian citizens need assistance to survive,
00:22as well as at least 510,000 Lebanese, Palestinians and Syrians who fled from Lebanon to that
00:28country.
00:29On the other hand, they clarified that currently only 27.5% of the 4.7 billion US dollars in
00:38humanitarian response plan for Syria has been funded and urged the donor community to significantly
00:44increase its support for the humanitarian response in the nation.

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