World leaders will gather in London on Thursday to try to raise US$9 billion for the millions of Syrians hit by the country’s civil war and a refugee crisis spanning Europe and the Middle East.
The donor conference, the fourth of its kind, hopes to meet the UN’s demand for US$7.73 billion to help Syria plus US$1.23 billion assistance for countries in the region affected by the crisis.
British Prime Minister David Cameron will host more than 70 international leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
The war, which began with protests against President Bashar al-Assad in March 2011, has claimed more than 260,000 lives and caused a major humanitarian crisis.
The conflict has forced 4.6 million Syrians to seek refuge in countries in the region – Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt – …
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