Middle East
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ISIL crimes against Yazidis constitute genocide, UN investigation team finds
A UN team investigating ISIL atrocities in Iraq has established “clear and convincing evidence” of genocide against the Yazidi religious…
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Middle East Envoys express deep concern over East Jerusalem violence
The Envoys of the Middle East Quartet (from the European Union, Russia, the United States, and the United Nations), have…
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Kabul school bombing condemned by senior UN officials
Saturday’s deadly bombing outside a high school in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, has been condemned by leading UN officials.…
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Stop evictions in East Jerusalem neighbourhood immediately, UN rights office urges Israel
The UN’s human rights office (OHCHR), on Friday, called on Israel to immediately halt all forced evictions, including those in…
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Middle East coordinator calls for new and timely Palestinian election date
After the postponement of the Palestinian Legislative Council elections, originally scheduled for 22 May, a senior UN official in the…
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Revived peace process, lasting calm, and a new constitution needed in Syria
In addition to the challenges that all Syrians have faced during a 10-year conflict, women have experienced sexual and gender-based…
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Iraq: UN representative calls for ‘stronger protection measures’ after fatal fire in COVID hospital
The UN Special Representative in Iraq expressed “shock and pain” on Sunday over a deadly accident that befell a COVID-19…
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Elections could pave way to Palestinian unity, advance peace: UN envoy
Expectations are high for the first Palestinian elections in 15 years, UN Middle East envoy Tor Wennesland told a virtual…
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Syria receives first COVID-19 vaccines, for most vulnerable
More than 250,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Syria on Thursday from the UN-backed COVAX initiative, to inoculate the…
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New Iraqi law ‘major step’ in assisting ISIL’s female victims but more must be done
A new law in Iraq provides a measure of comfort for women and girls who have survived atrocities of ISIL…
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