Russia, China aid to U.N. for Syria falls short of Assad's foes

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Russia, China aid to U.N. for Syria falls short of Assad's foes

By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - Most of the contributions to the U.N.-led aid effort in Syria's two-year-long civil war have come from critics and enemies of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, while his supporters Russia and China have given little, aid sources say. The United Nations has been working off an estimate of $1.5 billion for its Syria funding needs, but that figure is already looking much too low, with refugee numbers far ahead of forecasts and no end in sight to the fighting. U.N. High Commissioner of Refugees Antonio Guterres has said almost half of Syria's 20. ...

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