‘Before it is Too Late’ – UNICEF Calls for Entry of Aid into Gaza
March 17, 2025 News By Palestine Chronicle Staff “They were not asking for charity, just for the respect of their rights and the possibility to return to their homes.” – UN […]
US appears unmoved by past lessons, ignoring consequences in ongoing Gaza war
Jan 03,2024 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud A famous quote by Franz Kafka says, “Every thing you love is very likely to be lost, but in the end, love […]
Children in the West Bank are experiencing a nightmare of their own. UNICEF
unicef Adele Khodr, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa unicef “This year has been the deadliest year on record for children in the West Bank, including […]
84% of Lebanese families lack money for basics, UN report reveals
SPECIAL A child peeks from behind the corner of a building in Beirut’s Karantina district, Lebanon, Nov. 22, 2021. (Reuters) Short Url Updated 25 August 2022 NAJIA HOUSSARI August 25, […]
Children skipping meals in majority of families in Lebanon, UNICEF says
Previous 1 / 2A child peeks from behind a corner of a building in Beirut’s Karantina district, Lebanon November 22, 2021. Picture taken November 22, 2021. (Reuters) 2 / 2UNICEF Lebanon Representative […]
The pros and cons of the UN when it comes to Palestine
DAOUD KUTTAB September 16, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/rk9jv The Palestinian conflict has taken more of the UN’s time and energy than any other conflict in the world. This has been […]
No God, no objective morality – Meanwhile UNICEF says pornography is child’s human right
By Mustafa Siddiqi, Student, Jamia Ahmadiyya UK In bizarre and rather disturbing news, UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund, one of the world’s most well-known and recognised children’s charities, […]
Over half of Syria’s children deprived of education — UN
By AFP – Jan 24,2021 – JORDAN TIMES This handout photo released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on Friday, shows an injured child lying in a hospital […]
UNESCO chief hails King’s role in safeguarding Jerusalem holy sites
By JT – Mar 05,2020 -JORDAN TIMES Director General of UNESCO Audrey Azoulay visits Luminus Technical University College on Wednesday (Photo courtesy of UNESCO) AMMAN — UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay […]
World standing by as children harmed by conflict — charity
African children worst affected, with 170 million living in war zones — report By AFP – Feb 13,2020 – JORDAN TIMES In this photo taken on March 06, 2019, children believed to be from the Yazidi community, who were captured by Daesh group fighters, are pictured after being evacuated from […]
12M Yemeni children in need of urgent help, UNICEF says
DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL Published 19.11.2019 At least 12 million children in war-battered Yemen are in need of urgent humanitarian aid, the U.N.’s children’s agency UNICEF said on […]
Around 20 million Yemenis food insecure due to ongoing conflict: UN
FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP DUBA “As many as 20 million Yemenis are food insecure in the world’s worst humanitarian crisis,” a joint statement by the UN’s Food and […]
UNICEF warns of ‘dire’ winter risks for 1 million children in Middle East and North Africa
AFP November 27, 2018 The UN agency said it was facing a $33-million funding gap for assistance to children across the region this winter Cold and rainy weather would […]
Mosul reconstruction to give UNESCO window to revive fortunes
Reuters International THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2018 Iraqi students walk near a building of the central Library of the University of Mosul, in Mosul, Iraq May […]
UNICEF slashes services to Syrian refugees due to shortfall
Agency has been forced to leave out 45,000 vulnerable Syrian refugee children in Jordan from a cash aid programme By Ana V. Ibáñez Prieto – Sep 08,2018 – JORDAN TIMES […]
Hope among the ruins of Aleppo’s cultural heritage
Experts say a third of ancient Syrian city destroyed, but much can be restored Fri, Mar 17, 2017, Michael Jansen in Aleppo The ancient Aleppo Citadel was only lightly damaged. […]
Over 500,000 Syrian refugee kids not receiving education, UN says ASSOCIATED PRESS
MANSHIYEH, Jordan A picture taken on August 4, 2017 shows displaced Syrian children, who fled from Daesh’s Syrian stronghold of Raqqa, receiving humanitarian aid delivered by UNICEF at a temporary camp (AFP Photo) Since his family fled civil war in Syria five years ago, 15-year-old Ali al-Sbehi hasn’t set foot […]
An industry built on human misery
Tracey Ferrier AAP, Petra Kaminsky DPA As nations around the world grapple with the people smuggling trade, vital questions beg answers. How many criminals are involved in smuggling? Who are they? How many desperate people are smuggled each year? And how many lives are lost along the way? Waves of desperate […]
One in four children in Arab world live in poverty — UNICEF
By Thomson Reuters Foundation – May 15,2017 – JORDAN TIMES An Iraqi woman sits with children at a camp for internally displaced people in Hammam Al Alil on Sunday, […]
‘No dialogue between Syrians’
Oct 05,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN Damascus is an island of relative normality at the centre of a storm. While most of its suburbs have been cleared of insurgents by the army, there is still fighting in Al Hami, 8.5 kilometres from the capital, and a standoff at […]