Number of Syrian refugees to reach 700,000

The number of Syrians that will be refugees by the end of the year will reach 700,000, making one of the biggest number of displaced persons as a result of a conflict in the world.

The UNHCR figure was quoted by Humanitarian Aid commissioner Kristalina Georgieva to EU foreign ministers, putting pressure on them to work harder for a resolution.

The ministers met their Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, to press him to lift his country’s veto at the UN’s Security Council and to stop providing the Syrian regime with weapons.