Middle East
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UN disarmament chief urges Syria to come clean on chemical weapons
Syria’s declaration of its chemical weapons programme cannot be considered accurate due to gaps, inconsistencies and discrepancies, the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs told…
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UNICEF: Grim start to new year as 2 children are killed, 5 injured, in Syria
Warring parties should never attack children or the services they rely on, a senior official with the UN children’s agency,…
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First Person: The entrepreneur helping Middle Eastern women enter the digital economy
Mona Ataya, a Palestinian-Lebanese entrepreneur based in the United Arab Emirates, runs the largest online marketplace for mothers in the…
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Former ISIL prison transformed to bring joy and support to youth
Once used as a prison by the ISIL terror network in Iraq, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency and…
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Lebanon crises increase suffering of migrant domestic workers
Many migrant domestic workers in Lebanon are denied basic human rights, and suffered abuse at the hands of their employers.…
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Despite ‘rampant’ poverty, ‘existential’ lack of funding impedes UNRWA’s work
A long-term lack of funding for the UN’s relief agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, now represents an “existential” threat, its top official warned on Thursday. Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and…
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Yemen alert: 8 million face reduced rations amid funding shortages
The UN food relief agency warned on Wednesday that it is running out of funds to continue providing food assistance…
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Middle East: Positive steps needed to restore calm
The deteriorating security situation in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, took centre stage at the Security Council on…
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Guterres in Lebanon: Fair elections in 2022, an ‘essential opportunity’ for voices to be heard
Having heard and seen for himself the suffering of Lebanon’s people, the UN chief told political leaders there on Tuesday…
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Lebanese ‘deserve the truth’ over deadly port blast: Guterres
One of the UN Secretary-General’s most prominent stops during the second day of his visit to crisis-hit Lebanon was the…
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