Aid urged for Syrian refugees
UN seeks $1.5bn as 60 nations meet in Kuwait to discuss growing needs of people displaced by ongoing conflict.
Published On 30 Jan 2013
Representatives from more than 60 countries will meet in Kuwait for a conference on the humanitarian crisis in Syria.
The United Nations estimates that more than 700,000 refugees have fled to neighbouring nations.
Another two million have been displaced by the 22-month-long conflict or are in need of food and medicine.
The UN is seeking $1.5bn from donors to help address the growing needs of the refugees.
Al Jazeera’s Rula Amin reports from the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon.
Source: Al Jazeera