Nations pledge over $1.5bn in Syrian aid

Aim of conference was to help those suffering inside Syria and refugees in neighbouring countries.

The UN says donors at a fund raising conference in Kuwait have helped it raise more than its target of $1.5bn for Syrian humanitarian assistance.

The aim of the conference was to help those suffering inside Syria, and the refugees in neighbouring countries – a figure that now stands at more 700,000.

Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary general, called the situation in Syria a humanitarian catastrophe that was growing by the day.

Al Jazeera’s Diplomatic Editor James Bays reports from Kuwait City.

Source: Al Jazeera