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UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator at OCHA, Tom Fletcher arrives for the Brussels IX Conference "Standing with Syria: meeting the needs for a successful transition", at The Europa Building in Brussels on March 17, 2025

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Cost of Iran war equals aid for more than 87m people: UN chief

UN aid chief Tom Fletcher says war spending dwarfs humanitarian needs, warning millions risk hunger without urgent funding.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

30 April, 2026

Palestinians flee after Israeli evacuation warning in central Gaza

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UN: Israeli evacuation order in central Gaza hampers aid efforts

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

21 July, 2025

UN office opens in Kharkiv

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Israel blocks visa for top UN official after Gaza comments

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

21 July, 2025

People who fled the Zamzam camp for the internally displaced after it fell under RSF control, rest in a makeshift encampment in an open field near the town of Tawila

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RSF attack forces thousands from Sudan’s largest refugee camp

The New Arab Staff

17 April, 2025

Funerals held at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, located in the southern Gaza Strip, for 8 health workers from the Palestinian Red Crescent who were killed in an Israeli attack 8 days ago in Rafah

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Bodies of 15 rescue workers recovered from grave in Gaza

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

01 April, 2025

Sudanese soldiers manning a check point stop a tuk-tuk driver at the entrance of Wad Madani

Sudan

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UN appeals for $6 bn for Sudan crisis aid in 2025

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

17 February, 2025

Gaza children

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One million traumatised Gaza children need mental health support

The New Arab Staff

24 January, 2025

Israeli military reinforcement vehicles arrive in the town of Qabatiya, south of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank

Occupied West Bank

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Settler violence continues as billboards threaten Palestinians

Oliver Mizzi

12 January, 2025

Israel kills over 70 in Gaza in last day as hunger crisis drastically worsens

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Israel kills 70 people in Gaza as hunger crisis worsens

The New Arab Staff

10 January, 2025

Tens of thousands of Palestinians in the north are at risk of imminent death

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Palestinians in north Gaza 'at risk of death' amid Israeli siege

The New Arab Staff

08 November, 2024

Israeli troops order Palestinian farmers and volunteers helping them to leave the field during the olive harvest season in the village of Qusra

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600,000 Palestinians at risk of hunger in West Bank, UN warns

The New Arab Staff

18 October, 2024

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UN aid official questions world's 'humanity' as Gaza war rages

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

30 August, 2024

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One Palestinian killed every day in Israeli strikes on West Bank

The New Arab Staff

22 August, 2024

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Yemen flood toll climbs to 60, thousands affected: UN

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

19 August, 2024

The horrific attack happened near Bethlehem, which is now surrounded by Israeli settlements [Getty]

Israel

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Israeli settlers kidnap, abuse 2 Palestinian boys near Bethlehem

The New Arab Staff

15 August, 2024

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UN's OCHA says that aid to starving Sudanese is being blocked

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

07 August, 2024

Gaza

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Israel refuses to renew visa of head of OCHA in Palestine

The New Arab Staff

02 August, 2024