As global food and fuel crisis deepens, Lebanon’s crisis is affecting ‘everyone, everywhere’
Since last year, the number of people in urgent need of support has risen by 46 per cent, said the UN
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Middle East
‘Effort and patience’ required to restore Iran nuclear agreement
In the landmark accord, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – reached in 2015 between Iran,
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Syria’s needs are at their highest ever, says top rights probe
According to the Commission of Inquiry on Syria, 14.6 million Syrians depend on humanitarian assistance, 12 million face acute food
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Syria: Decade of brutal war left nearly 307,000 civilians dead
“The conflict-related casualty figures in this report are not simply a set of abstract numbers, but represent individual human beings,”
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Middle East: Mounting violence leaving ‘scores of Palestinian and Israeli casualties’
Speaking via video conference from Jerusalem, Tor Wennesland, expressed alarm over continued demonstrations and clashes; settler-related violence; and the firing of
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Abu Akleh shooting: fatal shot came from Israeli forces, says OHCHR
Ms. Akleh – an experienced television journalist familiar with reporting in the Occupied Palestinian Territories – was killed on 11
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Supporting UN’s Palestine refugee agency, means ‘investing in stability for the region’
“It means investing in the economic and social wellbeing of Palestine refugees and advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),” Secretary-General
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Syria: Guterres underlines ‘moral imperative’ to continue cross-border aid operation from Türkiye
Overall, more than 14 million people in Syria require assistance amid a dire situation in which infrastructure has crumbled and
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Lebanon: $3.2 billion plan launched to support local families and refugees
The 2022 Lebanon Crisis Response Plan (LCRP) aims to deliver critical assistance to more than three million people as vulnerabilities
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Socio-economic meltdown leaves Lebanese ‘hanging on by a thread’
“I have listened to stories of shock and of loss. Young people whose dream is simply to go to school
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