A Syrian man reacts to the destruction in Aleppo. The war in Syria is now in its sixth year and has cost some 400,000 lives.Photo: Photo: KHALED KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images Thank you for helping us reach many more Syrian families fleeing Aleppo who require urgent humanitarian assistance. Your donation will be matched pound for pound by the Asfari Foundation, up to when the £100,000 match limit has been reached.

After witnessing the death of fifteen relatives and neighbours, Gloria Ibrahim fled with her three small children to the city of Yola where an estimated 400,000 people have sought safety from a violent insurgency in Nigeria's northeast. The International Rescue Committee is leading the humanitarian response for tens of thousands of people. Read Gloria's story. 

In interviews recorded during 2012, six former Secretaries of State speak out on why it is important for the United States to offer support to refugees fleeing war and persecution: James A. Baker III (served 1989-1992), Dr. Madeleine K. Albright (1997-2001), General Colin L. Powell USA (Ret.) (2001-2005), George Shultz (1982-1989), Dr. Condoleezza Rice (2005-2009), Dr. Henry A. Kissinger (1973-1977)