The United States said on Thursday it would provide more than $720 million in humanitarian assistance for the response to the crisis in Syria.
Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun made the announcement at an event on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. He said the money would go "both for Syrians inside the country and for those in desperate need across the region."
He said the funds would bring total U.S. support since the start of the crisis to more than $12 billion.

