Donors Pledge $4.4 Billion in Aid for Syria, Neighboring Countries

International donors will pledge $4.4 billion dollars in humanitarian aid for Syria and neighboring countries that have sheltered refugees this year, a senior U.N. official says. But the pledges are significantly less than the more than $7 billion the United Nations was seeking. U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs chief Mark Lowcock announced the pledges Wednesday at an international donor conference in Brussels. Lowcock said additional pledges of $3.3 billion...

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