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Gaza: UN relief chief demands ‘answers and justice’ following killings of first responders
The UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher on Monday called for “justice and answers” after Israeli for…
The UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher on Monday called for “justice and answers” after Israeli for…
Lifesaving supplies in Gaza continue to run dangerously low, nearly four weeks into the total aid blockade an…
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) issued a warning on Thursday over the terrible impact on youngsters of renewe…
Marking a decade of war in Yemen, Othman Belbeisi, Regional Director for Middle East and North Africa at the …
It has now been three and a half weeks since Israel imposed a complete blockade on all aid into Gaza, despite…
UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen briefed the Security Council on Tuesday, pointing to the devastating…
In Yemen, a decade of conflict has proved catastrophic for the country’s children living under the threat of …
The UN Secretary-General on Monday took the “difficult decision” to reduce the aid operation inside the Gaza …
The tight Israeli blockade of humanitarian supplies is pushing Gaza closer to an acute hunger crisis, Philipp…
The Israel-Palestine conflict is descending further into violence, with mounting civilian casualties in the W…
Israel’s renewed bombing campaign and intensifying ground operation in Gaza are reversing gains achieved duri…
The legacy of the Syrian conflict, which saw the overthrow of the Assad regime in December last year, is that…
A senior UN political affairs official called for Israel and Hamas to restore the shattered ceasefire in Gaza…
Israeli bombardments continued across Gaza on Wednesday, killing hundreds more people – many of them women an…
At least one UN staffer has been killed and at least five others injured – several very severely – following …
The UN Secretary-General on Tuesday spoke of new “intolerable” suffering for Gazans following the resumption …
The UN Security Council meets at 10 AM in New York to discuss the situation in Middle East, as deadly Israeli…
Fourteen years of war have left Syria’s people in desperate need – but international support is dwindling, UN…
A relative of two Syrians tortured and murdered by the Assad regime has spoken of the anguish caused by their…
Marking 14 years since the start of the Syrian conflict, top UN officials raised alarm over renewed violence …
For Waad Al-Kateab, the fall of Bashar Al-Assad’s regime in Syria in December 2024 felt almost unreal. “I tho…
The UN emergency food relief agency has not been able to transport any aid into the Gaza Strip, due to the on…
The Constitutional Declaration issued by Syria’s caretaker authorities marks a pivotal moment in the country’…
Senior human rights investigators reporting to the UN Human Rights Council alleged on Thursday that sexual an…
Severe water shortages in Gaza have reached critical levels, with only one in 10 people currently able to acc…
Children are feared to be among more than 1,000 people reportedly killed in fierce fighting over the weekend …
The killing of civilians in coastal areas in northwest Syria must cease immediately, the UN rights chief said…
Humanitarian agencies warned on Friday that ongoing Israeli military operations in the northern West Bank are…
The fall of the Assad regime has created a historic opportunity to rid Syria of chemical weapons and ensure l…
Up to one million desperate Syrians living in camps and displacement sites across the country’s northwest int…
After several years of fragile truce, there is a “palpable” fear of a return to all-out war in Yemen, said Sp…
The unilateral halt to aid deliveries entering Gaza announced by the Israeli authorities on Sunday has left G…
The UN Special Envoy for Syria on Tuesday condemned ongoing Israeli attacks inside Syrian territory and conti…
UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday that the continued closure of key border crossings into Gaza is putting ci…
The UN Secretary-General on Tuesday stressed that the “true foundation” of recovery and reconstruction in Gaz…
Israel’s move to prevent all aid from entering the Gaza Strip after Hamas reportedly refused to accept a plan…
As the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal concludes, UN Secretary-General António Gut…
At night he sleeps under a tarpaulin sheet on the ruins of his family home. Like others returning to northern…