U.N. agencies: Stop the suffering in Syria Of all the terrible
conflicts facing the world in 2013, Syria is undoubtedly the
most complex and dangerous. Violence has left four million
people inside Syria in desperate need of help -- shelter, food,
education, clean water, health care and protection -- and has
uprooted two million inside the country and sent 600,000 fleeing
the horrors of war into neighboring countries. Now a bitter
winter is the new enemy. Syria's children suffer the most. At
least half of all those affected by the conflict are children.
Too many have been injured or killed; too many have seen family
and friends die, their homes and schools reduced to rubble. The
good news is our aid is reaching approximately 1.5 million
Syrians, even in areas of fighting -- children are being
vaccinated, and temporary schools are being set up, families are
being fed and sheltered -- thanks to our work and to the
valiant, efforts of many partners like the Syrian Arab Red
Crescent. But we could do so much more.