"Today, the EU Regional Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian crisis adopted a package of programmes totaling €350 million… The programmes will in the coming months help up to 1.5 million Syrian refugees and overstretched host communities in Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan and Iraq," the release reads.
According to the document, the assistance will include the provision of basic education and child protection, better access to healthcare, improved water and waste-water infrastructure and support the creation of economic opportunities and social inclusion.
Syria has been engulfed in a civil war since 2011. The internal conflict is responsible for the largest refugee population in the world, with more than 4 million refugees having fled Syria to neighboring Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq, and Egypt, according to UN data.
