German govt pledges 1 bln euros to help Syria refugee crisis

The German government said on Thursday it would allocate 1.05 billion euros to help the refugee crisis in Syria and the region.

"It would be a fatal mistake to forget the Syrian crisis now," Germany's Development Minister Svenja Schulze said at a conference on Syria in Brussels.

Germany's Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development said it supports steps taken by Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, which have accepted 5.6 million Syrian refugees. (Writing by Anastasiia Kozlova Editing by Madeline Chambers)