Humanitarian crisis in Syria threatens to spiral out of control

GENEVA - U.N. investigators are warning the humanitarian crisis in Syria threatens to spiral out of control as violence increases and the collapsing economy keeps the population mired in poverty and hopelessness 13 years after civil war erupted in the country.

"As world attention and resources shift to other grave political or humanitarian crises, Syria descends further into a quagmire of misery and despair," Pau