Japan to give $5.5 mil. aid to U.N. for better living conditions in Syria

Japan has decided to provide a U.N. agency with $5.5 million for a project to improve living conditions in Syria, as residents who had fled the country amid a civil war are increasingly returning following the collapse of former President Bashar al-Assad's government last year.The grant aid scheme, signed by Japan and the U.N. Human Settlements Program, or UN-Habitat, on Aug. 12, targets Aleppo and Homs, two of the hardest-hit regions in the Middle East nation, and aims to rebuild essential infrastructure in slums and other informal settlements, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said.With the c…READ FULL ARTICLE