UN humanitarian chief in Syria to assess situation

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Iraqi refugees use a WFP food voucher on their mobile phone to purchase food from a shop in Damascus:IRIN

The head of the United Nations humanitarian agency (OCHA), Valerie Amos, arrived in Syria on Tuesday on a two-day mission to assess the humanitarian situation.

In recent days, fighting between government forces and opposition fighters has intensified for control of the city of Aleppo.

Derrick Mbatha reports
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