Syria crisis: UN launches record $6.5bn aid appeal
	BBC
	17/12/2013
	http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25398012

The United Nations has announced it's biggest ever appeal, seeking $6.5bn (£4bn; 4.7bn euros) for humanitarian aid to Syria. The UN estimates nearly three-quarters of Syria's 22.4 million population will need humanitarian aid in 2014.