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UN Seeks $8.4 Billion to Help War-Hit Syrians

The United Nations has launched a massive new appeal to help the nearly 18 million people affected by Syria's almost four-year conflict, saying it needs $8.4 billion to provide aid next year. The effort is aimed at helping Syrians displaced within their own country and those who've fled to neighboring ones. U.N. refugee chief Antonio Guterres, speaking at a donor conference in Berlin, said the level of aid is the "absolute minimum for survival" - not what the U.N....

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