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UN shares GPS coordinates of hospitals, schools in Idlib with major powers
Middle East
September 13, 2018
UN shares GPS coordinates of hospitals, schools in Idlib with major powers
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations has shared the GPS coordinates of 235 protected sites in the Syrian province…
Saudi-led coalition seizes main road linking Yemen’s Hodeidah to Sanaa
Middle East
September 13, 2018
Saudi-led coalition seizes main road linking Yemen’s Hodeidah to Sanaa
ADEN (Reuters) – Yemeni forces backed by a Saudi-led coalition seized the main road linking the port city of…
UN war crimes team documents further Syrian government use of banned chlorine
Middle East
September 12, 2018
UN war crimes team documents further Syrian government use of banned chlorine
GENEVA (Reuters) – Syrian government forces fired chlorine, a banned chemical weapon, on a rebel-held Damascus suburb and on…
Israeli wall rising near border with Lebanon stokes tensions
Middle East
September 6, 2018
Israeli wall rising near border with Lebanon stokes tensions
ROSH HANIKRA, Israel (AP) — Israel is building a massive wall along its northern border, saying the barrier is…
UN to host first peace talks over war-torn Yemen since 2016
Middle East
September 5, 2018
UN to host first peace talks over war-torn Yemen since 2016
GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations is set to host peace talks between Yemen’s Saudi-backed government and rebels including…
Trump to chair UN Security Council meeting on Iran
Middle East
September 5, 2018
Trump to chair UN Security Council meeting on Iran
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump will chair a UN Security Council meeting on Iran this month…
Donors step up funds to Palestinian aid agency after US cuts
Middle East
September 4, 2018
Donors step up funds to Palestinian aid agency after US cuts
GENEVA (AP) — The top official with the UN’s Palestinian aid agency says countries including Qatar, the United Arab Emirates,…
UN says 120,000 suspected cases of cholera in Yemen
Middle East
August 31, 2018
UN says 120,000 suspected cases of cholera in Yemen
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations says nearly 120,000 suspected cases of cholera were reported in conflict-wracked Yemen between…
Saudi-led coalition condemns UN rights report on Yemen
Middle East
August 30, 2018
Saudi-led coalition condemns UN rights report on Yemen
RIYADH (Reuters) – The coalition of Arab states fighting against Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis on Wednesday denounced as inaccurate and biased…
Iran to open lawsuit against US sanctions at ICJ
Middle East
August 27, 2018
Iran to open lawsuit against US sanctions at ICJ
Iran will argue Monday against renewed sanctions imposed by the United States, as a bitter legal battle between Tehran and…