al-Hol refugee camp in Hasakeh district, northeast of Syria (Photo: AFP/VNA)

European Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarcic announced at a donor conference in Brussels on Tuesday that 4.4 billion USD will be paid out this year and 2 billion USD next year. In addition to these grants, international donors also announced loans of 7 billion USD.

Germany was the biggest donor - 2.04 billion USD. The US gave 600 million USD.

The UN raised 7 billion USD worth of humanitarian aid for Syria in 2019 and 2020.