Brussels, 17/06/2009 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has decided to earmark €6 million in emergency humanitarian aid for drought victims in the Palestinian Occupied Territories and Syria from the ECHO budget (the European Commission's humanitarian aid department). The money will provide aid for rural communities like Bedouins and farmers in isolated regions of the West Bank.
Louis Michel, EU Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, commented: "The Middle East is...