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Syria’s future under threat from acute funding shortages

·November 4, 2025·2 min read

The development comes 11 months after the country’s devastating civil war ended with the overthrow of the Assad regime by opposition forces loyal to new President Ahmad Al-Sharaa. Today, as Syrians return home in increasing numbers, the shattered country faces chronic shortages of inward investment, medicines, power and equipment. According to...

UN warns Gaza’s displaced face freezing nights and food shortages

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·October 24, 2025·1 min read

Since the ceasefire on 10 October, the UN migration agency IOM has dispatched more than 47,000 relief items, including 2,500 tents, to help families rebuild amid devastation. “People in Gaza have endured unimaginable loss,” said IOM Director General Amy Pope. Shelter ‘not a luxury’ “Shelter isn’t a luxury; it allows...

World News in Brief: Migrant medics mean shortages at home, UN names top innovators, Nigeria rights update, sunscreen an ‘essential medicine’

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·September 17, 2025·3 min read

A new UN health agency report also shows that in Europe in 2023, six in 10 medics trained outside the region, while the number is even higher for nurses. In light of these findings – and the fact that many western and northern European countries are becoming “heavily dependent” on these foreign...

Funding shortages threaten relief for millions of Sudanese refugees: WFP

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·June 30, 2025·1 min read

In an alert, the UN agency warned that it faces having to make “drastic cuts” to life-saving food assistance, which may “grind to a halt” in the Central African Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia and Libya in the coming months as resources run out. WFP noted that the situation for many Sudanese...

Funding shortages risk undermining a ‘watershed moment’ for Syria

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·March 17, 2025·3 min read

In a video message to the conference Standing with Syria: Meeting the Needs for a Successful Transition, organized by the European Union in Brussels, he underlined the gravity of the situation. “This is a watershed moment,” said the UN chief, stressing that the future of Syria depends on ensuring access...

Critical aid blocked in Gaza, as fuel shortages threaten lifesaving services

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·January 12, 2025·2 min read

On Thursday, only 10 out of 21 planned humanitarian movements were facilitated by the Israeli authorities. Seven were denied outright, three were impeded and one was cancelled due to security and logistical challenges, said UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric, at Friday’s media briefing in New York. OCHA is also deeply concerned...

Gaza crisis: another hospital facing dire shortages, warns WHO

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·January 8, 2024·3 min read

In central Gaza, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Sunday that medics at the only functioning hospital in Deir al Balah governorate “had been forced to cease lifesaving and other critical activities…and leave” after an evacuation order issued amid “increasing” Israeli military activity. Only five doctors reportedly remain...