13 million people need assistance: UN

More than 13 million people in Syria still need humanitarian assistance and nearly half are in “acute need” as a result of having fled their homes, of hostilities, and of limited access to food, health care and other basic needs, the UN humanitarian chief said Monday.

Mark Lowcock told the UN Security Council the number of Syrians who have been displaced within the country for a long time has dropped from 6.3 million to 6.1 million.