The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. April 2, 2015 Donors Pledge $3.8 Billion for Syria, Less than Half of U.N. Appeal -------------------------------------------------------------------- International donors have promised some $3.8 billion in humanitarian aid for Syria, less than half of what the United Nations had requested for the country's massive crisis. .