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UN Hires Assad's Friends and Relatives for Syria Relief Operation
(Guardian-UK) Emma Beals and Nick Hopkins - The UN has hired scores of friends and political associates of Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, as part of its relief operation in the country, according to documents leaked to the Guardian. According to the documents, 64% of the kits and medicines provided by the World Health Organization (WHO) since January have been delivered to areas held by or supporting Assad. Only 13% of WHO supplies reached areas controlled by forces opposed to the regime.