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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Despite ‘Fatigue’, Donors Pledge Another $6.7 Billion for Syria, Neighbors

A general view shows the room in which European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks during a meeting, Supporting the future of Syria and the region, at the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, May 10, 2022. (AP)

An international donor conference raised $6.7 billion for Syria and its neighbors on Tuesday despite what the European Union's foreign policy chief said was "a certain fatigue" with the war there, now its 12th year.

The pledges, which were slightly higher than the United Nations' appeal for $6.1 billion, were made at the conference bringing together 55 countries in Brussels but excluding Russia because of its invasion of Ukraine. Moscow calls it a "special military operation."

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