WASHINGTON: The United States said on Thursday it would provide more than $720 million (565.24 million pounds) in humanitarian assistance in response to the crisis in Syria, plus nearly $152 million (119.33 million pounds) for Africa’s Sahel region and almost $108 million for South Sudan.
Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun made the announcement on Syria at an event on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. He said the money would go “both for Syrians inside the country and for those in desperate need across the region.”
At the same event, acting USAID Administrator John Barsa announced nearly $108 million for the humanitarian crisis in South Sudan.
Barca also said Washington would provide nearly $152 million in new humanitarian assistance for Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso and Mauritania to help…