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Friday, February 5, 2016

Yesterday, a donor conference of nations was held in Westminster, London, United Kingdom to
collect money for aid to Syria. UK Prime MinisterDavid Cameron announced more than $10
billion were pledged in one day, for "food, medical care, and shelter", and other purposes
including creation of schools to benefit one million Syrian children by the end of the coming
school year. Cameron also said this was the biggest sum ever collected for an international crisis
in one day.

David Cameron, British PM, in 2014.

The "Supporting Syria and the Region" conference goal was more than $7 billion asked for by
the United Nations and around $1.3 billion by countries of the region. Pledges included $3.3
billion from the European Union; $1.7 billion from the UK until 2020; $2.6 billion
from Germany until 2018; and for 2016, $1 billion fromFrance and $935 million from the United
States.
Ahmet Davutolu, Turkish prime minister, said a Syrian government offensive with Russian air
support is sending about another 70,000 Syrians to the Turkish border, and expressed worry this
would continue. Syrian rebels suspended Geneva, Switzerland peace talks with the regime
of Bashar al-Assad, protesting the current offensive. The Syrian Observatory for Human
Rights recently said Russian airstrikes have killed around 1,400 Syrian civilians.