Middle East
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A year after the Beirut explosions: a UN Resident Coordinator blog
On August 4th, 2020, a devastating blast in a warehouse destroyed much of the centre of the Lebanese capital, Beirut.…
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Yemen: New World Bank funds offer lifeline to most vulnerable
Three UN agencies on Thursday welcomed $127 million in new funding from the World Bank to provide lifesaving support to…
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Gaza: Humanitarian response underway, but political solutions still needed
Although the international community is providing urgent assistance to Gaza in the wake of the most recent round of hostilities,…
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Free, fair Palestinian elections, must include East Jerusalem: UN experts
Landmark elections in the Occupied Palestinian territory must be rescheduled soon and include East Jerusalem, three UN independent human rights…
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Lebanon: Public water system on the verge of collapse, UNICEF warns
The public water system in Lebanon is “on life support” and could collapse at any moment, putting 71 per cent…
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Iraq: Bomb attack on eve of Eid al-Adha, ‘terrorism knows no bounds’
Secretary-General António Guterres strongly condemned the “horrific bomb attack targeting civilians” at a busy market in the north-east of the Iraqi capital, just before the…
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Gearing up humanitarian assistance for Palestine refugees
The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) will received an additional $135.8 million after signing an agreement with the United States on…
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First Person: ‘Syrians still have ambition and hope’
As a witness to the impacts of Syria’s internal conflict over the last decade, Bassel Al-Madani, a young engineer and…
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Syria’s last cross-border aid lifeline must stay open, insist UN humanitarians
The imminent closure of the last cross-border aid lifeline to northwest Syria must be postponed beyond the 10 July deadline,…
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UN pushes for lasting ceasefire, more humanitarian deliveries in Gaza
The cessation of hostilities negotiated last month between Israel and Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, remains “very fragile”, the…
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