Middle East
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UN envoy calls for more support to aid Palestinian COVID-19 response
COVID-19 continues to have a devastating effect on Palestinians, the Secretary-General’s envoy for the Middle East peace process told the Security Council on Thursday, urging greater…
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Guterres welcomes Saudi peace initiative to end fighting in Yemen
The UN Secretary-General on Tuesday welcomed the announcement by Saudi Arabia of steps aimed at helping end the fighting and restart the…
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FROM THE FIELD: Syrian photographers find hope despite 10 years of civil war
The pain and deprivation of individual Syrians and the widespread destruction, a decade of conflict has wrought on Syria, has…
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First Person: Poetry and the pain of loss and leaving; a voice from Syria
A young Syrian woman has told the United Nations how poetry helped her to convey the emotions of all the…
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FROM THE FIELD: Syria statistics tell tragic tale of decade-long conflict
Ten numbers for each year of Syria’s seemingly interminable conflict: the UN’s Humanitarian agency (OCHA) has marked this tragic milestone…
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Syria war: Average of one child injured or killed every eight hours over past 10 years – UNICEF
The grim ten-year anniversary of the war in Syria has left 90 percent of the country’s children in need of…
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Ten years on, Syrian crisis ‘remains a living nightmare’: UN Secretary-General
Secretary-General António Guterres has underlined the UN’s determination to continue pursuing a negotiated political settlement to the Syrian civil war,…
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Eight children killed this month, as fighting intensifies in Yemen: UNICEF
The brutal conflict in Yemen continues to exact a devastating toll on children, with at least eight killed and a…
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First Person: Poetry and the pain of loss and leaving; a voice from Syria
A young Syrian woman has told the United Nations how poetry helped her to convey the emotions of all the…
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FROM THE FIELD: Syria statistics tell tragic tale of decade-long conflict
Ten numbers for each year of Syria’s seemingly interminable conflict: the UN’s Humanitarian agency (OCHA) has marked this tragic milestone…
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