ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama announced more than $300 million in new humanitarian aid on Monday to address the Syrian crisis and to help neighboring countries cope with the 1.6 million refugees who have fled the civil war. Full story
ROME (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry plans to announce on Thursday that the United States will give an additional $100 million in humanitarian aid for those affected by the Syrian civil war. Full story
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Aid workers in Syria are struggling to navigate a lawless archipelago of armed groups to get food to Syrians trapped in a fast-intensifying civil war, the head of the World Food Programme's Syria operation says. Full story
SANAA (Reuters) - A Western aid worker was shot on Tuesday in the Yemeni capital by unidentified gunmen and was in a critical condition, a security official said. Full story
GENEVA (Reuters) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) appealed to foreign powers on Friday to press combatants in Syria to halt attacks on civilians and aid workers, saying all sides were violating the Geneva Conventions. Full story
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad may have allowed humanitarian aid into previously inaccessible rebel-held parts of Syria to try to win the loyalty of the residents, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday. Full story
If military force alone can’t solve the country’s core issues, the Up with Chris Hayes panel discusses the role of France and the United States, and what kind of humanitarian assistance is possible.
People stand near a body of an aid worker, who was killed by unidentified gunmen at a hospital, in Swabi January 1, 2013. Gunmen ambushed and shot dead six Pakistani women aid workers and a male doctor on Tuesday, police said.Their driver was seriously wounded in the attack.REUTERS/Khuram Parvez(Pa
Workers are seen unloading humanitarian aid sent from Russia to the Syrian government in this handout photograph distributed by Syria's national news agency SANA May 28,2013. Two planes loaded with 30 tons of humanitarian aid arrived to al-Bassel airport in Lattakia city from Russia on Tuesday, SANA
A Free Syrian Army fighter walks in front of a convoy carrying humanitarian aid from the Syrian Arab Red Crescent in Deir Semaan in Aleppo's countryside in this January 30, 2013 file photo. Aid workers in Syria are struggling to navigate through a lawless archipelago of armed groups to get food to S
