<P> While snow is a common thing in lebanon every year, It was reported that the Lebanese Army was called in to help distribute emergency aid to Syrian refugees, as the UN handed out fuel, blankets, heaters and food rations yesterday amid a third day of severe winter weather in the region . </P> <P> According to Abou Faour's announcement, published in Al Nahar newspaper on December 12, "There are 1,600 refugee (makeshift camps) in addition to 431 random camps, which makes it difficult to reach these places . That is why the cabinet had to ask for the help of the army to make as much aid reach those refugees as possible". </P> <P> The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) issued plans to airlift 40 tonnes (39 long tons; 44 short tons) of food for 50,000 to 60,000 people into the northeastern province of Hasakah from Iraq . The UN airlift of urgently needed food for tens of thousands of people in northeastern Syria, originally planned for December 12, was delayed by snow . </P> <P> According to Matthew Hollingworth, Syria Country Director for the United Nations' World Food Programme, most internally displaced Syrians fled their homes with few belongings so they do not even have enough warm clothes or blankets to fend off the freezing weather . They desperately need fuel for heating and to cook the food they receive as humanitarian assistance ." Reportedly, a child and a baby died from the cold on December 12, and an activist in a besieged rebel - held town of Harra said residents were struggling to stay warm with the electricity cut off and no food or fuel allowed in . </P>

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