UN appeals for $6.5bn Syria aidThe United Nations appealed for $6.5 billion for Syria and neighbouring countries on Monday to provide assistance to a total of 16 million people, many left hungry or homeless by the conflict soon entering its fourth year. The Syr More… |
US, Britain suspend aid to Northern SyriaThe United States and Britain suspended non-lethal aid to northern Syria after Islamist fighters seized Western-backed rebel weapons warehouses, highlighting fears that supplies could end up in the wrong hands and the general chaos engulfing the More… |
Gulf leaders urged to launch Syria aid fundThe head of the Syrian National Coalition (SNC) opposition group has called upon wealthy Gulf states to set up an aid fund for millions of Syrians stricken by civil war. Well over 100,000 people have been killed in the two-year co More… |