The UN has estimated that 40 percent of all Syrians now need humanitarian aid.<br /><br /> The number has gone up dramatically from 6.8 million people displaced in June to 9.3 million this month.<br /><br /> The latest figures come on a day of renewed violence in the war-torn country.<br /><br /> In Damascus, the Vatican embassy suffered a mortar attack. An official praised God that it had been so early there were no people inside.<br /><br /> In the al-Yarmouk neighbourhood in the south of the capital, home to a Palestinian refugee camp, there was another attack.<br /><br /> Amateur videos posted online showed the aftermath of what appeared to be an air attack in the city of Douma, close to Damascus.<br /><br /> On Monday bomb attacks on the Alawite homeland province of Latakia were uploaded by activists.
