Humanitarian assistance struggling to do its job, protect vulnerable people
An investigation is underway following fresh claims of sexual abuse perpetrated by international forces in the Central African Republic. In Syria, a hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders was...
View ArticleSupport for people with disabilities among many needs of Syrian refugees
The five-year-old civil war in Syria has left more than 250,000 people dead, displaced some 11 million people from their homes and caused more than 1 million injuries. As international efforts press...
View ArticleAid is starting to reach besieged Syrians, but full access still impeded
The Syrian government is not honoring its deal to allow humanitarian aid to reach people in besieged areas of the country. The United Nations says it has gained access to 10 of 18 areas, reaching...
View ArticleU.S. denies entry to Syrian aid worker traveling to accept humanitarian award
The U.S. has denied entry to a Syrian aid worker traveling to accept an award for providing humanitarian assistance to tens of thousands of fellow Syrians, work supported by the U.S. government. Raed...
View ArticleMost migrants did not go to Europe in 2015
Last year was a record year for migration. Some 244 million people lived in a country other than their home country of birth, far exceeding the prior record of 232 million set in 2013. The sudden surge...
View ArticleU.N. Security Council adopts resolution to protect hospitals in conflicts
Member countries of the U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution that affirms the imperative to protect medical facilities and health workers in conflict areas. It is a direct response to...
View ArticleUSAID suspends funds to major aid groups after inquiry finds corruption in...
Millions of dollars to major aid organizations working in Syria was temporarily suspended following revelations of systemic corruption. An investigation revealed bid-rigging, bribery and kickback...
View ArticleU.N. to Greece: Stop ‘unacceptable’ detentions of child refugees and migrants
Dismayed by the treatment of migrant and refugee children in Greece, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants criticized detention centers for creating “an unacceptable level of...
View ArticleThe WHO now tracking attacks on health workers in crises
Attacks on health-care facilities and workers in emergency settings killed 959 people and injured 1561 between 2014 and 2015. For the first time, the World Health Organization (WHO) has gathered data...
View ArticleRussia stands in the way of humanitarian air drops in Syria
With roughly 20 towns and cities under siege in Syria, the best possible way to provide assistance to people cut off from food and other supplies is through air drops. The U.N. wants to begin dropping...
View ArticleRussia in Syria: Aid in one hand and bombs in the other
Russia announced Thursday that it is working with the Syrian government to provide aid to civilians fleeing the city of Aleppo, which is currently under siege by Syrian armed forces. As if that weren’t...
View Article300,000 remain trapped in eastern Aleppo despite humanitarian corridors
The Syrian regime and Russia announced Saturday the opening of four new humanitarian corridors to help civilians and unarmed rebels flee eastern Aleppo, Syria, which has been under siege since July 17...
View ArticleDonors fall $1 billion short in their commitment to education for Syrian...
The new school year for Syrian children is set to start in two months. But fighting, which has displaced more than 11 million people, is also keeping roughly 1 million refugee children out of school....
View ArticleCluster bombs: The preferred way to kill civilians in Syria and Yemen
The majority of civilian casualties in Syria are the result of bombing campaigns by the military and its Russian allies, according to new U.N. report. Seemingly indiscriminate attacks level entire...
View ArticleWhen the fighting stopped in Syria, aid still didn’t get through
The short-lived cease-fire in Syrian ended earlier this week. A break in fighting provided relief to embattled Syrians caught in the middle of the civil war. Hopes were high that the period of safety...
View Article7 questions we’d like to ask in the next presidential debate
The dust is starting to settle after the first U.S. presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Moderator Lester Holt asked few questions, giving the candidates a lot of latitude. As...
View ArticleMigration summit failed: 2 weeks later nothing has changed
President Barack Obama’s summit on refugees and migrants during the U.N. General Assembly was championed as a ‘bold’ show of commitment by the world’s leaders. And today, Reuters reported that the...
View ArticleThis video shows the horrifying destruction of the Syrian civil war on Aleppo
Bombings have devastated Aleppo. Rebels are the targets, but oftentimes it is Syrian civilians who bear the brunt of the attacks – losing their homes and family members in an instant.
View ArticleOminous warning on Aleppo: ‘No help, no supplies would be so catastrophic’
With food aid on the brink of running out, the people trapped in the Syrian city of Aleppo are facing water shortages after government forces attacked water points. And, winter is coming.
View ArticleEnvoy: Assault threatens to transform Aleppo into ‘giant graveyard’
A senior U.N. official pleaded with the U.N. Security Council to immediately stop the Syrian government's deadly assault on the city of Aleppo.
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