On Friday, the United Nations launched an appeal for $5.2 billion --- the largest amount it has ever requested --- for aid operations in Syria and neighbouring countries. Here's the catch: the UN had another appeal earlier this year for $3 billion --- and only $1.4 billion has been pledged. Halab News Network, which posted the video, said that the marchers demanded the creation of an Islamic state in Syria. Wounded insurgents from al-Qusayr were evacuated to the village after regime forces captured it. Last week, Damascus turned down an appeal by the Red Cross to reach those trapped in the besieged town of Qusayr.