Refugees

Kuwait: As many as 78 nations and 40 international organizations will attend the third donors conference aimed at raising billions of dollars for war-torn Syria, host country Kuwait said yesterday. The March 31 gathering at foreign ministers level will be opened by His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, a foreign ministry official told the KUNA news agency. Nations are expected to announce pledges for UN humanitarian operations in Syria where 12 million people both inside and outside the country need urgent aid.

Amman: Volunteers of the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) handed out here on Saturday in-kind assistance to Syrian families living in different areas in Jordan. In a statement to KUNA, Jassem Qamber, the KRCS delegation's head, said the aid was distributed to displaced Syrian families in northern areas and in the capital, adding the aid is part of the campaigns carried out by the KRCS since the outbreak of the Syrian crisis.