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Aid group warns that 700,000 children in Syria risk hunger
Middle East
September 29, 2020
Aid group warns that 700,000 children in Syria risk hunger
BEIRUT (AP) — An additional 700,000 children in Syria face hunger because of the country’s badly damaged economy and the…
Children in Beirut suffer from trauma after deadly blast
Middle East
August 12, 2020
Children in Beirut suffer from trauma after deadly blast
BEIRUT (AP) — When the huge explosion ripped through Beirut last week, it shattered the glass doors near where three-year-old…
Aid group: Darfur attacks strand 14,000 without medical help
Middle East
July 31, 2020
Aid group: Darfur attacks strand 14,000 without medical help
CAIRO (AP) — A recent surge of violence in Darfur, the war-scarred region of western Sudan, has deprived more than…
Charity says over 110 children killed in 2 Yemeni areas in 2019
Middle East
December 9, 2019
Charity says over 110 children killed in 2 Yemeni areas in 2019
CAIRO (AP) — Over 110 Yemeni children were killed between January and October in the key port city of Hodeida…
Aid groups scramble to reach Syrians as battle lines shift
Middle East
October 17, 2019
Aid groups scramble to reach Syrians as battle lines shift
BARDARASH, Iraq (AP) — Humanitarian groups in northeastern Syria are scrambling to provide aid to hundreds of thousands of people…
Save the Children warns of cholera spike in Yemen’s north
Middle East
October 10, 2019
Save the Children warns of cholera spike in Yemen’s north
CAIRO (AP) — A children’s advocacy group is warning of a spike in cholera cases in northern Yemen affecting hundreds…
Syrians displaced in the northwest call on Turkey to open border
Middle East
May 23, 2019
Syrians displaced in the northwest call on Turkey to open border
ATMEH, Syria (Reuters) – Camped on the Turkish border to escape bombardment by Russian and Syrian government forces, many displaced…
Aid group: 85,000 children may have died of hunger in Yemen
Middle East
November 21, 2018
Aid group: 85,000 children may have died of hunger in Yemen
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — An estimated 85,000 children under age 5 may have died of hunger and disease since…
Pneumonia to kill nearly 11 mn children by 2030, study warns
Health & Fitness
November 12, 2018
Pneumonia to kill nearly 11 mn children by 2030, study warns
Pneumonia will kill nearly 11 million children under five by 2030, experts warned Monday on a global day aimed at…
Yemen loyalists push deeper into Hodeida as US cuts support
Middle East
November 11, 2018
Yemen loyalists push deeper into Hodeida as US cuts support
Yemeni government forces pressed further into the strategic port city of Hodeida, seizing its main hospital in heavy fighting Saturday,…