UNICEF Reports Winter Threat to Children in the Middle East
Unseasonably cold temperatures and winter weather are sweeping across the Middle East, threatening millions of children affected by crisis in…
535 Million Children Live in Conflict Areas: UNICEF
An estimated 535 million children – nearly one in four – live in countries affected by conflict or disaster, often…
UN Aid Chief to Security Council: Syria Is Bleeding
In his appeal to the Security Council, a top United Nations relief official called on the global body’s primary organ…
UN Urges Russia and US to Cooperate for Peace in Syria
Amid the unprecedented military assault on eastern Aleppo (a city in Syria), where fireballs from incendiary bombs “light up the…
Syrian Ceasefire Sees Drop in Violence: UN Envoy
Nearly 24 hours after the latest cessation of hostilities in Syria began, a United Nations (UN) envoy said Tuesday that…
Ewan McGregor Visits Displaced Children in Iraq
UNICEF Ambassador Ewan McGregor travelled to northern Iraq last week to see how the conflicts sweeping across Iraq and Syria…