Angelina Jolie set to brief UN Security Council on Syria’s refugee crisis

Angelina Jolie will brief the U.N. Security Council on Syria’s refugee crisis, which has seen almost 4 million people flee over the past four years.

Jolie is a special envoy for the U.N. on refugee issues. On Friday, she will headline a day of briefings that include the U.N. refugee and humanitarian chiefs and the special envoy for Syria.

A draft presidential statement by the council, obtained by The Associated Press, seeks the world’s support for Syria’s neighbours, who have warned they are dangerously overstretched by the flood of refugees.

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