Donors meet target of $1.5 billion aid for stricken Syrians - U.N.

KUWAIT (Reuters) - Donor countries have pledged more than $1.5 billion (949.7 million pounds) to aid Syrians stricken by civil war, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday after warning that the conflict had wrought a catastrophic humanitarian crisis. "Every day Syrians face unrelenting horrors," Ban told a donors gathering in Kuwait, including sexual violence, arbitrary killings ...