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The United Nations distributed food in the Syrian capital's besieged neighborhood of Yarmouk for a second day Friday in a bid to help tens of thousands of trapped civilians.
"These distributions demonstrate the extraordinary suffering in Yarmouk and other closed areas of Syria can be addressed if all parties to the conflict fulfill their obligations to protect civilians," he added.
He said UNRWA stood ready to provide food for all the estimated 18,000 Palestinian civilians still in the neighborhood.
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