31 Mar 2021 04:14AMBRUSSELS: International donors on Tuesday pledged US$6.4 billion in aid for Syria and refugees in neighbouring countries, falling well short of a UN target aimed at dealing with growing needs.
"The money pledged confirms fears that donors are not listening to the pleas of the millions of Syrians who have fled their homes and had their lives torn apart by ten years of conflict," Moutaz Adham, Oxfam Syria's country director, said in a statement. That is despite the intensity of the fighting dropping in Syria after the Russia-backed forces of President Bashar al-Assad reconquered most of the country."Things are getting worse, not better. More than 13 million people need humanitarian assistance to survive this year," United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.
Overall the UN says that 24 million people need support in Syria and across the region - a rise of four million from last year. The bloc - which worries that failure to help refugees in the Middle East could see them come to Europe - says it has given almost US$29 billion since 2011.Some prominent donors like Britain were singled out for cutting their contributions from last year.
The war in Syria has killed more than 388,000 people and displaced millions since the regime's brutal repression of anti-government protests a decade ago.
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