In an update on Friday, OCHA said that the starvation crisis is deepening across the enclave, with the local health authorities announcing that two more […]
Category: Middle East
Gaza First Person: ‘The best of humankind in a place abandoned by humanity’
Sonia Silva has been working in the embattled enclave since the beginning of November 2023, just one-month after the terror attack by Hamas and other […]
Syria: Deadly sectarian violence displaces thousands in Sweida; healthcare attacked
Since 13 July, around 176,000 people have been displaced from Sweida, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Mostly migrating […]
‘Famine silently begins to unfold’ in Gaza, UNRWA chief says
Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), said that is what one of its workers told him on […]
SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Debate on the situation in the Middle East
The Security Council meets today for its quarterly open debate on the situation in the Middle East, with a focus on the worsening crisis in […]
‘Catastrophic birth outcomes’ in Gaza threaten a whole generation, warns UN agency
In the first half of 2025, only 17,000 births were recorded, according to Gazan health authorities, representing a 41 per cent decline in Gaza’s birth […]
UN official reiterates call for Gaza ceasefire as ‘nightmare of historic proportions’ unfolds
Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, told ministers and ambassadors that ongoing talks must lead to a permanent end to hostilities, the release […]
Syria: Second convoy brings critical aid to Sweida
Deadly sectarian violence has displaced more than 145,000 people in the southern city, some of whom have fled to neighbouring Dar’a and Rural Damascus governorates. […]
Gaza: UN staff now fainting from hunger, exhaustion; WHO worker detained
“Doctors, nurses, journalists, humanitarians, among them UNRWA staff, are hungry…fainting due to hunger and exhaustion while performing their duties,” said Juliette Touma, Director of Communications […]
Gaza: Guterres condemns killing of people seeking food as humanitarian conditions deteriorate
Stéphane Dujarric was speaking to reporters at UN Headquarters in New York a day after dozens of Palestinians were killed seeking food aid. He said […]
