Since 2011, more than 500,000 people have been killed in Syria after Assad's brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters plunged the country into a complex war
The European Union on Thursday pledged 560 million euros to help countries neighbouring Syria cope with the costs of hosting Syrians displaced by the years of conflict in their country.
He emphasised that the aid was for Syrians, not the Damascus government led by President Bashar al-Assad. The UN says more than 12 million Syrians were displaced by the conflict, most of them inside Syria, though with 5.4 million living as refugees in neighbouring countries.
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