Middle East

‘We all have someone missing’: Families of the thousands of Syrians ‘disappeared’ by Assad regime share stories of loss

It has been two months since Bashar al-Assad, the former president of Syria, was forced to flee the country, as…

1 year ago

Syria: Chemical weapons watchdog hits reset button in Damascus, following productive meetings

In a press release on Saturday the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said Director-General Fernando Arias and…

1 year ago

Palestinians’ rights matter, says UNRWA chief

In a social media post on Friday, Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said that “people in Gaza have undergone systematic dehumanization” since…

1 year ago

Syria: Assad’s armed forces must face accountability, says rights probe

The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria’s latest report follows the lightning operation led by mainly Hayat-Tahrir al-Sham fighters that…

1 year ago

Gaza: More than a million receive food aid since the start of the ceasefire

The temporary agreement to stop the fighting and release hostages brought an end to some 15 months of conflict and…

2 years ago

UNRWA delivers bulk of aid in Gaza, as destruction mounts in West Bank

UNRWA’s communications director Juliette Touma described catastrophic scenes at the camp, where some 100 buildings had been “destroyed or heavily…

2 years ago

West Bank violence undermining Gaza ceasefire: UNRWA

It comes a day after Israeli Security Forces (ISF) carried out a series of controlled detonations at the Jenin refugee…

2 years ago

Gazans depend on us for ‘sheer survival’ insists UNRWA

The development came as more than 462,000 people are estimated to have crossed from south Gaza to the north since…

2 years ago

Syria: Hostilities and aid challenges persist across devastated country

In an update, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said more than 25,000 people have been newly uprooted from the northeastern city…

2 years ago

UNRWA ‘continues to deliver’ as Israeli ban comes into effect

“UNRWA continues to deliver assistance and services to the communities we serve,” the agency said in a post on the…

2 years ago