News Monitor

The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 5 from 5)

28 August, 2018

UN Security Council urged to act against ‘worst-case scenario’ in Syria’s war-battered Idlib

UN News: Humanitarian Aid

A further escalation of violence in Syria’s Idlib governorate could create a humanitarian emergency “at a scale not yet seen through this crisis,” a senior United Nations aid official warned the Security Council on Tuesday.

9 August, 2018

Millions at risk if Syria’s war moves to last redoubt of Idlib, warns senior aid official

UN News: Humanitarian Aid

Aid access to embattled Syrians may soon improve following recent military gains by the Government, but the war “cannot be allowed to go to Idlib”, the head of the UN’s Humanitarian Task Force said on Thursday.