UK pledges £100m in aid for Syria

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25 September 2013 Last updated at 13:59 ET

A boy sits by his father's grave in a cemetery in Damascus

The UK is to give another £100m to Syria to help tackle the war-torn country's humanitarian crisis.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said the extra money - which takes the total from the government to £500m - showed the UK was leading the charge to help.

Speaking from New York, Mr Clegg said: "We cannot avert our gaze from the Syrian people, especially children."

The £100m will go to agencies providing food, clean water and shelter to four million people displaced by fighting.

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