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Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/suspecting-fraud-us-suspends-some-syrian-aid-programs/2016/07/26/9ad4c600-5285-11e6-88eb-7dda4e2f2aec_story.html

Suspecting Fraud, U.S. Suspends Some Syrian Aid Programs

(Washington Post) Louisa Loveluck - The government agency charged with disbursing humanitarian aid in Syria has frozen more than $200 million in contracts, fearing significant fraud. "Despite our goodwill, bad characters have taken advantage of the complex situation for personal gain, ultimately denying Syrian people the food, clothing, health care and other aid they urgently need," Ann Calvaresi Barr, inspector general of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), told the House Foreign Affairs Committee this month.

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