Aleppo, Syria. A facility that provides drinking water to more than two million people in and around the Syrian city of Aleppo has resumed its operations over the weekend, following a 48-day deliberate shutdown, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported. In the Tishreen camp for displaced persons in Aleppo, Syria, a boy carries a […]
U.N. to Israel: Halt Demolitions in Occupied West Bank Now

New York, N.Y. A senior United Nations humanitarian official today called for an immediate halt to the destruction of Palestinian-owned property in the occupied West Bank and for respect for international law. Israeli authorities demolished Bedouin homes in the vulnerable community of Abu Nwar, Area C, near East Jerusalem in the West Bank. Photo: UNRWA. […]
U.N. Agency for Palestine Refugees Gets $100M Pledge

New York, N.Y. Twenty-two Member States of the United Nations are planning to pledge $100 million dollars to support next year’s budget of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) which provides educational, health, relief and social services for some five million such refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, […]
Ban Voices ‘Profound Alarm’ at Rise in Deadly Incidents in West Bank

New York, N.Y. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced “profound alarm” today at the growing number of deadly incidents in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Construction in the Israeli settlement of Ariel in the West Bank. Photo: Annie Slemrod/IRIN. “The last few days of clashes, which resulted in the death of four Palestinians, including […]