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The UN Special Envoy for Syria continues to uphold the need for a Syrian-led transition in his ongoing talks on the way forward for the coun...

A senior UN official appealed on Monday for an end to the hostilities between Israel and Houthi rebels in Yemen which have taken “an escalat...

Harbia Al-Himiary  has a special connection to Sana’a, whose war-damaged buildings she is helping to restore, as part of a UNESCO-supported...

A low tech and sustainable solution to holding back advancing desert sands in eastern Saudi Arabia could help farming communities to thrive...

The last major functioning health facility in northern Gaza, Kamal Adwan Hospital, is now out of service, putting the lives of the 75,000 Pa...

Fresh details of the Israeli airstrike on Sana’a airport, which occurred as Tedros Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Org...

Health challenges in northwest Syria have escalated due to harsh winter conditions, exacerbating the vulnerability of displaced populations,...

Newborns and infants in Gaza have reportedly died of hypothermia, deaths described by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) as preventable. The ne...

Civilian casualties and injuries continue to be reported across Gaza due to the ongoing hostilities, with most families unable to afford bas...

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization, has described the scene in Sana’a, Yemen, on Thursday, after Israeli...

Artificial intelligence or AI technology can help to protect vulnerable women, give women a voice in male-dominated communities and increase...

For the second year in a row, Christmas arrived for the Christian community in the Gaza Strip without celebrations, as daily life remains a...

Tchaikovky’s ballet The Nutcracker is now a staple of the holiday season. Less well-known is the famed Russian composer’s strong connection...

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday launched a $56.4 million flash appeal to address urgent health needs in Syria, where years...

As we near the end of another year of war and humanitarian crisis, UN News is highlighting the extraordinary work of staffers in the field w...

The humanitarian crisis in Syria continues to escalate, with millions struggling to access basic resources as fuel shortages and damaged inf...

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...