International donors pledge $7 billion aid for Syria in 2019.
International donors on Thursday pledged nearly $7 billion in aid for 2019 for civilians caught up in Syria's bloody civil war but the total fell short of what the UN says is needed.
European powers reiterated that progress on a UN led peace process must come before they will release funds to rebuild Syria -- though they have dropped their insistence that President Bashar al-Assad must go. A further $3.3 billion is needed for populations inside Syria facing a humanitarian situation, described by the Medecins du Monde aid agency as"unsustainable".
But past commitments have not been followed up on -- the UN says only 65 percent of the $3.4 billion pledged in 2018 for work inside Syria was received.Syria's war has killed more than 360,000 people and displaced millions since the conflict began with the repression of anti-government protests in 2011.
EU diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini said reconstruction funds from the bloc would only come"when a political process will be fully under way under UN auspices in Geneva".
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