YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 22, ARMENPRESS. The United States will give $419¬ million more in humanitarian aid to assist Syrian refugees and the countries that are hosting them, administration officials said Monday. During a press briefing on Sept. 21, White House press secretary Josh Earnest announced that the United States will give $419 million more in humanitarian aid to Syrian refugees.

“Armenpress” reports, citing The Washington Post, that the new aid brings the total U.S. donation since the Syrian conflict began in 2011 to $4.5 billion, more than any other country. It was announced a day after Secretary of State John F. Kerry said the United States would raise its annual refu¬gee resettlement cap from 70,000 this fiscal year to 85,000 next year and 100,000 in 2017.

President Obama has directed the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security to prepare for the arrival of at least 10,000 Syrians in the next 12 months. Some members of Congress and humanitarian groups have said the United States could handle the resettlement of 100,000 refugees from Syria, in addition to tens of thousands of people who are fleeing persecution and war in other countries around the world.

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