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Yemen has reported the highest global burden of cholera, with nearly 250,000 suspected cases and 861 associated deaths as of 1 December, acc...

In a landmark mission to Syria, the UN probe into the most serious rights violations committed in the country since 2011 has called on caret...

The head of the UN migration agency stressed on Friday that Syria is in no position to take back millions of Syrians following the fall of t...

Hunger, dire living conditions made worse by heavy winter rains and ongoing hostilities continue to endanger people’s lives in Gaza, which h...

The head of the UN aid coordination office in Gaza, Georgios Petropoulos, issued a harrowing update on the dire situation in the enclave on...

Around 1.3 million Syrians have received food aid in the past three weeks across Syria from the UN and partners, as the restoration of key s...

A flame of hope burns bright today in Syria – but if it’s not carefully managed by both Syrians themselves and the international community,...

The United Nations continues to voice major concern over hostilities and Israeli settlement expansion in the Occupied Palestinian Territory...

The UN Special Envoy for Syria concluded talks in Damascus on Wednesday, expressing optimism that the fall of the Assad regime could mark th...

Nearly one million Gazans risk spending winter without adequate shelter as UN agencies struggle to provide cold weather assistance, amid ong...

At a historic crossroads, just 11 days after the collapse of the Assad regime, Syria faces a fragile mix of hope and chaos, plagued by a vol...

Avian influenza has caused the deaths of more than 300 million birds worldwide and the virus “is increasingly crossing species barriers”, ac...

The historic shift of power in Syria and the possibility of finally accessing evidence of horrific human rights violations could bring accou...

Senior UN officials remain in Syria on Tuesday where they have been meeting representatives of the new caretaker government, following the o...

As the world navigates rapid digital transformation, the 19th United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) has convened in Riyadh, Saudi A...

The UN’s top Syria envoy held talks in Damascus with the head of the new administration as well as the prime minister of the caretaker Gover...

Authorities in Gaza reported on Monday that more than 45,000 people have been killed in the enclave in the last 14 months, as humanitarians...

Increased humanitarian aid is needed in Syria amid “immense” changes that offer hope to a nation emerging from a 13-year-long war, the top U...

Farmers in Saudi Arabia are being encouraged to adopt new irrigation techniques as water and land resources are put under increasing pressur...

Ongoing military operations by Israeli forces in Gaza continue to cause devastation for civilians trying to escape the fighting, with mounti...

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an armed group designated as a terrorist organization by the UN Security Council, has emerged as the dominant fo...

Describing the level of devastation across the Gaza Strip as “absolutely staggering”, the Head of Emergency Communications for the World Foo...

Secretary-General António Guterres said the UN is “totally committed” to supporting a smooth transition of power in Syria through an inclusi...

Peace is possible in Yemen, and continued support from the international community is essential to achieve it, the UN Special Envoy for the...

UN agencies continue their response to the humanitarian crises in Gaza and Lebanon, as access challenges, food shortages and reconstruction...