Mary, a 59-year-old displaced Syrian from Ma'aloula, picks up her WFP food ration in Jaramana. Copyright: WFP/Hussam Al-Saleh
Food Aid Comforts Displaced Residents Of Historic Syrian Town
The mountain village of Ma’aloula is famous as being one of the few places where the ancient language of Aramaic is still spoken. In Aramaic its name means “entrance”. But that name seems sadly inappropriate now, as fierce fighting in the area has made it the scene of an “exodus” by its few thousand inhabitants. WFP is assisting many of them on the outskirts of Damascus.
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