Host Countries: Syria

Syria: The crisis prompted a record appeal by the United Nations on Monday for $6.5 billion to help displaced Syrians and their host countries, with hundreds of thousands more refugees expected as the civil war rages, according to Times Colonist. "We must have cessation of hostilities before we begin political dialogue on Syria in Geneva," Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told reporters in New York and BEIRUT - The exodus of millions of people from Syria in one of the largest refugee flights in decades is pushing neighbouring countries to a breaking point, and thousands of lives are threatened with the onset of a bitter winter. With less than a month to go before internationally brokered peace talks by Syria's warring sides are to begin, the U.N. chief demanded a cease-fire for the discussions to have any chance in succeeding. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.