The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) yesterday appealed for a record $2.5 billion in urgent funding to provide life-saving aid to 39 million children in the Middle East and North Africa during 2021. UNICEF said in a statement that the amount "includes an increase of nearly US$ 500...

The world can't forget the plight of Syrian refugees this winter despite the global upheaval caused by Covid-19, fantasy author Neil Gaiman said on Tuesday as he helped launch the UN refugee programme's cold weather appeal. The award-winning writer said the pandemic had exposed weaknesses...

The whereabouts of more than 3,000 Syrians who were abducted by the SDF -- the Syrian offshoot of the YPG/PKK terror group -- are unknown, according to a human rights group. The terror group arbitrarily detains people, Fadel Abdul Ghany, head of the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR),...

Yemen is “on the edge of a precipice” after years of civil war, a senior U.N. official has warned on Monday, with millions of children suffering from malnutrition and facing the risk of famine. Ted Chaiban sounded the alarm about the worsening humanitarian situation as the United...