13.5 million people require humanitarian aid in Syria: UN

‘The ongoing conflict in Syria has left at least 13.5 million people in need of humanitarian aid, says the United Nations.

The figure, which includes some six million children, shows an increase of 1.2 million people in the last 10 months, said UN Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien while addressing the Security Council on Tuesday.

“Rising levels of fighting and violence over the last few weeks have had an enormous humanitarian impact, resulting in large-scale death, injury and displacement to civilians, particularly in northern Syria,” he said.’

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