Smoke rises after a shell exploded in a Syrian village during fighting between forces loyal to the Syrian regime and rebels opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, as seen from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, near the Quneitra border crossing, close to the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria June 7, 2013. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The United Nations warned on Friday that half of all Syrians will need humanitarian aid by the end of 2013 and launched what it said was the largest emergency appeal in history to cope with the civil war crisis.
"Syria as a civilisation is unravelling," said the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, announcing the call for some $5 billion (3.2 billion pounds) before the end of the year.
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