The United Nations says it has received permission from Syria to expand efforts to feed the estimated 2.5 million people suffering from hunger during Syria’s internal crisis. On Wednesday, World Food Programme Executive Director Ertharin Cousin says collaboration with local partners could mean the delivery of aid to an additional one million Syrians.

Ertharin Cousin: “Last week, we were given a list of 110 additional NGOs that we can now work with, 110. We have assessed the operational capacity of that 110, and we have identified 44 NGOs on that list that will give us the ability to scale up to another million persons.”