Middle East
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Guterres to conduct solidarity visit to Lebanon
UN Secretary-General António Guterres will travel to Lebanon later this week for a solidarity visit with the country and its…
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Humanitarians continue to call for Israel to facilitate aid delivery in Gaza
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Monday reiterated its call for Israel to enable the…
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Al Jazeera ban must be lifted, rights experts urge Palestinian Authority
Top independent human rights experts urged the Palestinian authorities on Monday to end its widely criticized ban on the broadcaster…
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Top humanitarian official issues ceasefire appeal during visit to Gaza City
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory called on Sunday for an end to the war in Gaza…
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Critical aid blocked in Gaza, as fuel shortages threaten lifesaving services
Israeli authorities continue to deny UN-led efforts to reach North Gaza with lifesaving aid, including the most recent attempt on…
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‘Hospitals have become battlegrounds’: Gaza’s health system on brink of collapse
With seven per cent of the population killed or injured since October 2023, the health crisis in Gaza shows no…
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UN continues to call for timely Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon
Operations by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) north of the UN-monitored Blue Line in southern Lebanon have continued, according to…
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Syria: UN teams support cholera vaccination in northeastern camps
In northeast Syria, UN teams pressed ahead with a lifesaving cholera vaccine campaign in Al Hol detention camp complex on…
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MIDDLE EAST CRISIS LIVE: Security Council holds emergency meeting on collapse of Gaza health system
The UN Security Council met on Friday morning in New York to debate the collapse of health services in Gaza.…
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Over 115,000 Syrians have returned home since end of Assad dictatorship
More than 115,000 people have reportedly returned to Syria from countries such as Türkiye, Jordan and Lebanon since 8 December…
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