This $300 million in additional humanitarian aid from the United States will increase food aid, medical care, clean water, and provide shelter and other relief supplies for families suffering in Syria and neighboring countries.

HIGHLIGHTS

• President Obama announces more than $300 million in additional USG humanitarian assistance for conflict-affected Syrians

• U.N. documents 93,000 deaths as a result of the crisis

• Access remains limited to Al Qusayr and surrounding areas

UNICEF urgently requires close to US$ 116.5m to undertake the following priority interventions over the next three months:

REGIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

• Since January 2013, there have been 200,000 new refugees every month, seeking refuge in neighbouring countries and North Africa. This number is expected to increase to 3.5 million refugees by the end of this year.

• More than $2 billion of extra funding is needed to protect and meet the basic needs of those who have fled Syria (including 100,000 Palestine refugees), those still expected to flee, and 1.8 million people from communities that are hosting refugees.

Highlights

The violence inside Syria continues to escalate with UNOHCHR reporting that the number of deaths due to the conflict has now reached over 93,000 since March 2011. Of these, 6,561 are children, of whom 1,729 are under the age of 10. During the reporting period, the UN launched a revised appeal for US$4.4bn for its response to the crisis. UNICEF requires some $470 million to the end of December to maintain its lifesaving support to the children of Syria.

BAGHDAD – In a technical workshop starting today, the Government of Iraq and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) will discuss the potential introduction of electronic food vouchers in the Iraqi Public Distribution System (PDS). They will be joined by financial payments experts from MasterCard, the leading global technology and payments company, which, under a global partnership, is partnering with WFP to strengthen its delivery of “digital food,” in the form of vouchers.

The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Clashes in Al Qusayr result in elevated needs and displacement in the area
• U.N. releases revised appeals requesting $5.2 billion—the largest in U.N. history
• Refugee flows into Jordan decrease in May

A decade ago, they fled war in Iraq to find refuge in Syria. Now, as Syria's spreading civil conflict enters its third year, Iraqi refugee families that had settled in Syrian cities such as Aleppo and Damascus are forced to flee again. The number of Syrian refugees now living in Iraq has swelled to over 175,000 and continues to increase.