Gaza's cancer patients: 'We are dying slowly'
The Gaza Strip does not have adequate resources for medical treatment, but Israel prevents patients from leaving.
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Days of ISIL are numbered, says UN envoy as nation prepares for unified Iraq
The military campaign to oust Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) terrorists from Iraq is nearly won, but the humanitarian crisis is expected to continue for months, if not years,...
Cut off by fighting, thousands of Yemenis urgently need aid and protection – UN official says
The senior United Nations humanitarian official in Yemen voiced extreme concern about the safety and well-being of citizens in the south-eastern part of the country, where military operations are...
With 2.2 million Afghans feared to be on the move, UN agency to begin tracking displacements, aid relief
Amid concerns of a severe humanitarian crisis induced by sudden return home of hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees and undocumented citizens, coupled with conflict-induced displacement, the...
Urging ‘bold decisions’ to end Yemen conflict, UN envoy says viable peace plan within reach
Amid attacks and counter-attacks in Yemen, those seeking a military solution will only prolong the suffering caused by the war, allow the terrorist threat to grow and deepen the challenges that...
Afghanistan: UN-backed $550 million aid plan aims to reach 5.7 million people
A newly-launched United Nations-backed humanitarian response plan for Afghanistan is seeking $550 million in 2017 to support the most vulnerable and marginalized population of the conflict-torn...
Yemen: Ongoing humanitarian crisis adding to migrants woes, says UN migration agency
Highlighting the plight of migrants from the Horn of Africa arriving in Yemen – which itself has seen more than 2.1 million people internally displaced due to ongoing conflict and the resulting...
UN envoy in Yemen meeting with President, senior officials to push for greater aid access
The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, was in Aden on january16, highlighting the need for a truce to allow in humanitarian aid and move along the peace process.
Humanitarian crisis in Mosul could outlive Iraqi military operations, senior UN official warns
The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq, Lise Grande, reported today on the conditions in Mosul, a city witnessing one of the largest urban military operations since the Second World...
UN agency seeks $813 million to support Palestine refugees fleeing Syria and those in occupied territory
With Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory – including East Jerusalem – and those who have fled the conflict in Syria, facing humanitarian crises, the United Nations Relief and Works...