Global IssuesNews headlines for “Middle East”, page 4
Millions of dollars needed to make Gaza safe from unexploded bombs
- UN News
The scale of the bombs dropped on Gaza since 7 October means that it will take millions of dollars, and many years, to decontaminate the Strip from unexploded munitions, the head of the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Palestine tells UN News, ahead of Mine Action Day.
Israels De Facto Peace Plan
- Inter Press Service
PORTLAND, USA, Apr 02 (IPS) - The de facto peace plan of Israel is Greater Israel (Eretz Yisrael Hashlema) with a dominant Jewish majority, which Israel expects America will accept and support.
UN calls for restraint following Iran consulate attack in Syria
- UN News
A senior UN official on Tuesday urged the Security Council to work to avert further escalation in the Middle East following the deadly airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Syria’s capital, Damascus.
Gaza: Israeli strike on NGO aid team condemned as humanitarians renew access call
- UN News
The killing of seven aid workers from the NGO World Central Kitchen in Israeli military airstrikes in central Gaza has been strongly condemned by senior UN humanitarian officials who on Tuesday reiterated repeated concerns that "there is no safe space left in Gaza".
Israel continues to block aid into northern Gaza; UN sending team to shattered Al-Shifa Hospital
- UN News
Israeli forces are blocking aid deliveries into famine-stricken northern Gaza as the five-month-long war grinds on despite recent strong demands from the top UN court and the Security Council for open aid access into the enclave and for a temporary ceasefire and the return of all hostages taken in October, as the UN plans a assessment mission into Al-Shifa Hospital, which had been occupied by Israel for two weeks.
Biden Quietly OKs More 2,000-Pound Bombs & Warplanes for Israel
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Apr 01 (IPS) - Despite growing worldwide calls for an arms embargo, the Biden administration in recent days has approved the transfer of billions of dollars worth of new weapons shipments to Israel, including warplanes and 2,000-pound bombs that have been dropped on densely populated areas of Gaza with devastating results.
UN launches investigation into Lebanon explosion that injured peacekeepers
- UN News
The UN peacekeeping force in south Lebanon (UNIFIL) has announced that it is investigating an explosion in the Rmeish area that injured four unarmed peacekeepers on a foot patrol along the Blue Line that divides Israel from Lebanon and the disputed Golan Heights.
Health system ‘barely surviving’ as OCHA calls for Gaza aid restrictions to end
- UN News
Gaza’s health system is ‘barely surviving’ after more than five months of Israeli bombardment, the head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
The Kids of the Islamic State: A Childhood Stolen
- Inter Press Service
HASSAKE, Syria, Mar 27 (IPS) - Rozena, a 31-year-old woman from Guyana, says she travelled to Turkey in 2015 to join an NGO which helped Syrian refugees. That’s all she’ll reveal when asked how and why she ended up living in the so-called Islamic State for four years.
Abandoned Children Growing Problem in Northern Syria
- Inter Press Service
IDLIB, Syria, Mar 27 (IPS) - Wael Al-Hassan was returning from work in the Syrian city of Harim when he heard the sound of a baby crying.
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