"The main target population consists of approximately 350 000 school children inside Syria benefiting from an ongoing school snacks programme. The funding for this scheme (EUR 30 million) is foreseen in the 2016 EU budget as adopted by the European Parliament and the Council in December," the press release read.
According to the press release, the conflict in Syria has negatively affected the country's agriculture sector and caused a decrease in food production.
The provided milk is expected to be of EU origin, "regardless of the place where it will be procured," the press release continued.
Syria has been mired in civil war since March 2011, with government forces loyal to President Bashar Assad fighting a number of opposition factions and extremist groups.
According to the UN refugee agency, the armed conflict in Syria has killed more than 260,000 people and forced about 4.8 million to flee the country. Over 13.5 million Syrians are in need of humanitarian aid.
