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Syria hunger crisis ten years after war

After ten years of devastating war in Syria, people there are facing one of the worst hunger crises they have ever known, according to the UN's World Food Programme (WFP). Arif Husain, WFP chief economist, said millions of Syrians were affected. "People are closer to starvation...

UNICEF: Syria's war has killed and wounded 12,000 children

Syria’s 10-year-long civil war has killed or wounded almost 12,000 children and left millions out of school in what could have repercussions for years to come in the country, the U.N. children’s agency said Wednesday. The grim statistics were released in a UNICEF report ahead of the...

At UN, Guterres marks 10 years of Syrian war

The Syrian conflict, which marks 10 years later this month, has resulted in the largest displacement crisis since World War II, with an estimated 2.4 million people displaced in and outside Syria every year since the war begin in 2011. "Syria has fallen off the front page. And yet the...

Young Syrians paying heavy toll for decade of war: Report

A decade of war in Syria has left young Syrians with heavy personal losses and yet to face the rebuilding of their shattered homeland. A new survey by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) of 1,400 Syrian nationals living in Syria or in exile in Lebanon and Germany,...