US adds $US400 million in aid for Syrians

The US is adding an extra $US400 million ($A522 million) to its humanitarian funding for Syrians caught up in the country's civil war.

The US State Department will provide nearly $US400 million ($A522 million) in additional humanitarian funding to help Syrians caught up in the country's civil war, bring total US humanitarian spending for Syria to about $US5.9 billion.

Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration Anne Richard said the United States has now admitted about 12,500 Syrian refugees in the past year, exceeding the administration's goal of 10,000.