News headlines for “Middle East”, page 68
Gaza war: UN World Food Programme condemns Israeli attack on aid convoy
- UN News
Israeli airstrikes continued across Gaza overnight into Monday, while the UN World Food Programme (WFP) reported that one of its aid convoys in the war-shattered enclave was targeted by Israeli fire on Sunday.
‘Hospitals have become battlegrounds’: Gaza’s health system on brink of collapse
- UN News
With seven per cent of the population killed or injured since October 2023, the health crisis in Gaza shows no signs of abating.
UN continues to call for timely Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon
- UN News
Operations by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) north of the UN-monitored Blue Line in southern Lebanon have continued, according to the UN peacekeeping mission in the country, UNIFIL.
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS LIVE: Security Council holds emergency meeting on collapse of Gaza health system
- UN News
The UN Security Council is meeting in emergency session at 10am in New York on the collapse of health services in Gaza. The meeting was called by Algeria, the leading voice for the Arab world on the Council which has just taken the gavel as president for the month of January. A senior official from the World Health Organization (WHO) briefed ambassadors alongside High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk. App users can follow here.
Syria crisis: UN teams support cholera vaccination in northeastern camps
- UN News
In northeast Syria, UN teams pressed ahead with a lifesaving cholera vaccine campaign in Al Hol detention camp complex on Friday, despite rumours of attacks by ISIL extremists and uncertainty across the war-torn country, following the overthrow of the Assad regime.
‘Digital platforms amplify the Israeli narrative while systematically silencing Palestinian voices’
- Inter Press Service
Jan 02 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses the challenges Palestinian civil society faces in resisting digital suppression and advocating for justice with Palestinian lawyer and researcher Dima Samaro.
Over 115,000 Syrians have returned home since end of Assad dictatorship
- UN News
More than 115,000 people have reportedly returned to Syria from countries such as Türkiye, Jordan and Lebanon since 8 December – the fall of the Assad regime - the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Thursday.
Fresh evacuation orders and airstrikes highlight ongoing insecurity in Gaza
- UN News
Civilians are not safe anywhere in the Gaza Strip, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, warned on Thursday.
Gaza: ‘Every day without a ceasefire will bring more tragedy’
- UN News
The head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA again underlined the need for a ceasefire in Gaza in a statement posted on the social media platform X on Thursday.
RC blog: 'It will take years to help people deal with the invisible consequences of war'
- UN News
Since he began his mandate as UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine, Matthias Schmale has seen for himself the devastating effects of the Russian invasion. In this account, written exclusively for UN News, Mr. Schmale shares his impressions of Ukraine, and the efforts of the UN System to support its citizens.
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