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Jordan’s Open Door Is Now Only Cracked, Leaving Syrians Stranded

AMMAN, Jordan — Thousands of Syrians, mostly women and children, have been stranded for weeks on Jordan’s border, according to international aid agencies who say Jordan appears to be increasingly…

Five Years Later

Many individuals participated in one of the LIFE Team projects to Haiti and/or they gave to the rebuilding of the Ca-Ira Orphanage. As an organization, we could not be more…

Syria’s bucket children desperate for aid

A Damascus neighbourhood, under siege for more than two years, is suffering from a drastic food shortage. Last updated: 10 Nov 2014 11:40 - As the siege of Eastern Ghouta,…

Sectarian Wedge Pushes From Syria Into Lebanon

LABWEH, Lebanon — Recent outbreaks of fighting and growing sectarian tensions in northern Lebanon have heightened fears that the civil war in neighboring Syria is spilling over with new momentum,…

As winter closes in, UN launches humanitarian appeal for Iraqis in need

23 October 2014 – An estimated 2.8 million Iraqis lack food assistance while another 800,000 are in urgent need of emergency shelter, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of…

Community, religious leaders must condemn ISIL atrocities UN rights official

20 October 2014 – Civilians continue to suffer atrocities and “dramatic” human rights violations at the hands of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), warned United Nations…

UN cuts Syria food aid over funding shortfall

The United Nations said on Monday that it has started cutting the food aid it provides to 4.2 million Syrians ravaged by war because of a shortfall in funding. "Yes,…

Mamta Sadan (Home of Kindness)

In India, women with mental illness can experience ridicule and community ostracism. Their fates are often cruel - they may be abandoned by family members to fend for themselves or…

UN OFFICIAL URGES SUSTAINED PRESSURE ON PARTIES TO SYRIA CONFLICT TO ENSURE AID ACCESS

30 September 2014 – With winter fast approaching and the conflict in Syria showing no signs of abating, the United Nations humanitarian chief today called for sustained pressure on the…

Iraq, Syria top priorities for new UN human rights chief

8 September 2014 – The new United Nations human rights chief today urged the international community to stop the “increasingly conjoined” conflicts in Iraq and Syria, lashing out at the…

Documented death toll in Syria war at least 191,369 through April 2014 - UN

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA, Aug 22 (Reuters) - At least 191,369 people have been killed in Syria's conflict through April, more than double the figure documented a year ago and…

Flagrant violations of international law continue in Syria

30 July 2014 – ‘Flagrant’ violations of international law continue in Syria, Top UN relief official warns With the United Nations and its partners in Syria begin to ramp up…

Urgent action needed to protect children against polio in Syria, Iraq and region UN

22 July 2014 – Having just completed the first phase of the biggest polio vaccination campaign ever undertaken in the Middle East, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the…

Life in Camp

Khazir camp is located halfway between Erbil and Mosul and spread across a huge plain. Men and women chat outside the tents, and children play on the dusty field. The…

Ex UN envoy predicts Syria will be ‘failed state’

Syria could become a "failed state" similar to Somalia, the former UN envoy to the country has predicted. Veteran diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi, who stood down last week, also said that…