ZAATARI, Jordan -- 
Caption Hollywood
star Angelina Jolie says the Syrian civil war is the world’s most acute
humanitarian crisis and is calling on world leaders to make diplomatic
efforts to end it succeed.
Jolie
spoke at Jordan’s largest camp for Syrian refugees Thursday, which she
visited as special envoy for the United Nations refugee agency.
“I
appeal to the world leaders - please, set aside your differences, unite
to end the violence, and make diplomacy succeed,” she said, drawing
attention to the U.N.‘s World Refugee Day.
Jordan
hosts more than half a million displaced Syrians including 185,000 in
Zaatari camp, which Jolie visited along with UN High Commissioner for
Refugees Antonio Guterres and Norwegian Foreign Affairs Minister Espen
Barth Eide.
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