International donors pledged $3.8 billion in aid at a conference in Kuwait; the figure is less than half of what the UN said is required to meet the country’s needs. The Islamic State killed more than 40 people, predominantly civilians, when it attacked the village of Mabuja in central Syria on Mar. 31. Canada’s House of Commons approved the country’s participation in air strikes on the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Forty-six people were killed by two car bombs as crowds gathered for Kurdish Spring celebrations in the northeastern city of al-Hasakah.
