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The Edge of Hope
In 2017, the Syrian civil war entered its seventh year. Bombs hit our local partner in Syria.
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With 13 million inside Syria needing aid, UN relief chief says impact of crisis remains 'profound'
30 October 2017 – The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or D'aesh) may be largely pushed out of Syria's Raqqa governorate, but after years of oppression…
Suffering of 350,000 civilians in rural Damascus 'an outrage' – UN rights chief
27 October 2017 – The United Nations human rights chief on Friday called on the parties to the conflict in Syria to allow badly needed food and medical supplies…
Dire lack of winter funding puts millions of refugees in Middle East at risk
3 October 2017 – Dwindling resources could severely jeopardize efforts to provide refugees and displaced persons across the Middle East with essential winter supplies such as thermal blankets and…
Syria's war has deadliest month this year
September has been the deadliest month in Syria's civil war so far this year, a monitoring group has said.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said…
Hundreds of thousands trapped in Mosul with 'worst yet to come' – UN agency
24 March 2017 – An estimated 400,000 Iraqi civilians are trapped in Mosul's Old City as fighting intensifies and people continue to flee, the United Nations refugee agency representative…
Syria 'worst man-made disaster since World War II' – UN rights chief
14 March 2017 – The conflict in Syria is the “worst man-made disaster the world has seen since World War II,” the United Nations human rights chief today said,…
Giving a Gift to Make a Difference
This Christmas, give a gift of meaning that can change a life.
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As the holidays approach and Christmas displays go…
Syria: UN envoy urges action to avert mass hunger in eastern Aleppo ahead of ‘killer’ winter
10 November 2016 – The United Nations humanitarian envoy for Syria today urged actions to stave off the threat of mass hunger in eastern Aleppo before the arrival of…
‘Unprecedented’ 65 million people displaced by war and persecution in 2015 – UN
20 June 2016 – The number of people displaced from their homes due to conflict and persecution last year exceeded 60 million for the first time in United Nations…
Syria: first 10 days of May ‘disappointing’ for humanitarian work – UN advisor
12 May 2016 – The first 10 days of May have been “disappointing” for aid work in Syria as the breakdown of a truce made aid deliveries dangerous and…
Syrian peace talks in 'great danger,' UN envoy says
The United Nations envoy for Syria appealed to the U.S. and Russia to intervene to help revive Syrian peace talks that sputtered to a pause Wednesday, saying a recent…
Soup Mix for Syrian Refugees
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With 4 million Syrian children out of school, $1.4 billion sought by UN to save ‘lost generation’
2 February 2016 – With four million Syrian and host community children in need of education and no let-up in sight in the fighting tearing the country apart, the…
Calling state of besieged Syrian town horrendous, UN seeks humanitarian access
8 January 2016 – As the United Nations and its partners struggled today to gain humanitarian access to the Government-beseiged Syrian city of Madaya, amid reports of people starving…
Making a Difference - One Bag at a Time
Many Syrian IDPs (Internally Displaced People) first come to our partner's building because someone tells them they can get a Bag of Blessing there. Each Bag of Blessing consists…
Syria: UN human rights advisers alarmed at rise of incitement to religious violence
13 October 2015 – Senior United Nations human rights officials today expressed their alarm at the rise in violent rhetoric by influential religious leaders – including calls for “holy…
For Those Who Remain in Syria, Daily Life Is a Nightmare
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Every morning, at the dawn call to prayer, women and children move silently from the Damascus suburb of Douma to the surrounding farm fields, seeking safety…
UN official appeals to Security Council to find political solution to end nightmare for Syrians
16 September 2015 – The United Nations humanitarian chief today urged the Security Council to find a political solution to end the conflict in Syria, warning its members that…
Simple act of playing represents grave danger for children in Syria UNICEF
16 September 2015 – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has condemned in the strongest terms mortar attacks on civilian areas of Aleppo, Syria, which reportedly killed at least…
UNICEF demands that water not be used to achieve military and political gains in Syria
26 August 2015 – Amid the unremitting brutality of the war in Syria and a scorching summer heat wave, there is increasing evidence that parties to the conflict are…
Middle Easts largest camp turns three as Syrian refugees in region top four million UN agency
28 July 2015 – Living conditions for more than half a million refugees living in Jordan is becoming increasingly tough, the United Nations refugee agency warned today on the…
Syria: bread prices up nearly 90 per cent, pushing more people into hunger, UN report warns
23 July 2015 – Syria’s food production in 2015 remains at 40 per cent below its pre-crisis levels, impacting the price of bread, which has spiralled by 87 per…
Syria's children at risk from water scarcity and illness amid ongoing conflict UNICEF
13 July 2015 – Syrian children are becoming increasingly vulnerable to water borne illnesses amid peaking summer temperatures and dwindling supplies of safe water, the United Nations Children's Fund…
On International Day, UN reminds world of invisible plight of millions of widows and their children
23 June 2015 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging the world on the fifth International Widows’ Day “to assert the rights of those whose bereavement is followed…
May deadliest month of 2015 in Syria
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the deaths of more than 6,600 people has made May the bloodiest month so far this year in Syria.
The monitoring…
Activists warn of end of Christian presence in Middle East as Isis seizes 90 Assyrians
Islamic State militants kidnapped 90 Christians in north-east Syria as the jihadis retreated in the face of a Kurdish counter-offensive, a monitoring group has said.
The reported kidnappings…
UN food aid agency condemns ISILs manipulation of desperately needed food in Syria
4 February 2015 – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is “extremely concerned” about images circulating on social media showing WFP food boxes bearing Islamic State of Iraq…
Winter storm brings misery to Middle East refugees
A fierce winter storm has brought freezing temperatures to the Middle East, raising worries about the plight of the millions of refugees there.
Snow has fallen in the…