US pledges almost $400M in Syria aid

Published March 14, 2019 6:06pm ET



President Trump’s administration will give $397 million to help fund humanitarian aid for Syrian refugees, the State Department announced Thursday.

“The United States is providing urgently-needed food, shelter, sanitation and hygiene, medical care, education, and other relief to help assist the nearly 12 million people suffering inside Syria, as well as the nearly 5.7 million refugees in the region,” the State Department said.

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