United Nations Needs $6.5 Billion to Help 9.3 Million Desperate Syrians

The United Nations announced yesterday that half the population of Syria, a total of 9.3 million of whom nearly 50 percent are children, need urgent humanitarian aid. With Syria’s public health system in crisis, and its infrastructure in tatters, the UN appealed for international donations of $6.5 billion for the year ahead – the largest figure […]