KUWAIT (Reuters) - Western and Gulf Arab nations pledged more than $2.4 billion (1.4 billion pounds) on Wednesday for U.N. aid efforts in Syria, where a near three-year civil war has left millions of people hungry, ailing or displaced.
The pledge arose from a U.N. appeal for $6.5 billion in 2014, which was launched last month and is the largest in the organisation's history.
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