Syria: Tzipi Livni

Tzipi Livni: ROME - The Obama administration is providing $100 million in new Syria aid, U.S. officials said Wednesday, but the money is for humanitarian purposes only and not linked to any decision on arming Syrian rebels. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. The new funds will help support 1.4 million Syrian refugees, including many in U.S. ally Jordan, and hundreds of thousands of other civilians still trapped by the violence inside Syria's border. Total U.S. humanitarian assistance in the two-year war will climb to $510 million. US Secretary of State John Kerry talks with Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni during their meeting at the US Ambassador's residence in Rome on Wednesday May 8, 2013. Kerry and Livni spoke about the peace process in the Middle East. AP Photo/Mladen Antonov, Pool The announcement will be made by Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday in Rome, where his diplomacy includes a meeting with Jordan's foreign minister, the officials said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.