In a Damascus soup kitchen, the hungry wait for bowls of rice.<br/> <br />Victims of the 33-month-long conflict in Syria.<br/> <br />There's 16 million of them, says the U.N., many homeless.<br/> <br />Displaced inside Syria - or as refugees in neighboring countries, like this Lebanese border town where they receive aid.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) SYRIAN REFUGEE ALI MOHAMMED ALI SAYING:<br/> <br />"They distributed diesel, clothing and heaters. The diesel should be enough for 15 days."<br/> <br />It's the winter that really worries aid workers.<br/> <br />On Monday, the United Nations made its largest ever global appeal for a single crisis.<br/> <br />It's asking for nearly seven billion dollars to deal with the growing humanitarian problem.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) SYRIA SITUATION SENIOR SPOKESMAN FOR UN REFUGEE AGENCY, PETER KESSLER, SAYING:<br/> <br />"It's a massive number, it's the largest UN aid appeal for refugees ever and it's necessitated by the fact that the conflict shows no sign of ending. We have some 127,000
