Middle East
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Four children killed on their way to school in northwest Syria
Four children – three boys and a girl – were killed on Monday morning while travelling to school in northwest…
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Humanitarian assistance stepped up on Yemen’s west coast, amid clashes
Humanitarian assistance has been ramped up on Yemen’s west coast where ongoing violence has increased the needs of communities displaced…
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Build consensus or face ‘increasingly desperate reality’, warns Middle East envoy
Political stagnation is “fuelling tensions, instability and a deepening sense of hopelessness”, the top UN official working towards peace in…
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Yemen war reaches ‘shameful milestone’ – 10,000 children now killed or maimed
Another “shameful milestone” has been reached in the conflict in Yemen with 10,000 children killed or maimed since fighting started…
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Over-compliance with US sanctions hurting Iran’s ‘butterfly kids’
Over-compliance with United States-imposed sanctions against Iran is harming the right to health, and people with a rare skin disease are among those affected, many of them children, experts…
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UNHCR chief urges better support for 13 million ‘exhausted’ and displaced Syrians
UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has urged greater international support for the more than 13 million Syrians who’ve been displaced in…
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Taliban backs WHO polio vaccination campaign across Afghanistan next month
The decision by the Taliban leadership to support the resumption of house-to-house polio vaccination across Afghanistan has been welcomed by…
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Process to draft Syria constitution begins this week
The process of drafting a new constitution for Syria will begin this week, the UN Special Envoy for the country,…
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UN calls for end to violence in Lebanon following deadly Beirut clashes
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for an immediate end to violence in Lebanon following deadly sectarian violence in the…
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Yemen: Dialogue and compromise ‘only way forward’
A comprehensive negotiated political settlement is needed to end the violence in Yemen “once and for all”, UN Special Envoy…
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