Associated Press: Aid groups scramble to reach Syrians as battle lines shift “Humanitarian groups in northeastern Syria are scrambling to provide aid to hundreds of thousands of people as rapidly shifting battle lines make it increasingly difficult to reach them. Nearly all foreign aid workers have been evacuated because of…

WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean: WHO gravely concerned about humanitarian situation in northeast Syria “WHO is gravely concerned about the humanitarian health situation in northeast Syria, where up to 200,000 people have been displaced as a result of increased military operations since 9 October, and almost 1.5 million…

The Guardian: Tens of thousands of civilians flee Turkish offensive in Syria “Tens of thousands of civilians have fled from the fighting after Turkish troops began a military operation against Kurdish forces in northern Syria, the U.N. refugee agency has said. According to the U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights,…

Norwegian Refugee Council: 14 aid agencies warn of humanitarian crisis in north-east Syria “Civilians in north-east Syria are at risk and humanitarian aid could be cut off following the launch of a new military operation in the area, leading aid agencies are warning. Reports from humanitarian responders on the ground…

USAID: USAID Administrator Mark Green Announces Funding for Global Health and Victims of ISIS Genocide at the Accord Network Annual Forum “U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Mark Green announced the first tranche of recipients under USAID’s New Partnerships Initiative (NPI) [Thursday] during his remarks at the Accord Network’s…

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies: New “game-changing” financing mechanism to end cholera launched at U.N. General Assembly “The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) [Thursday] unveiled a major new initiative to combat cholera and other diarrheal…

IPS: Asian & Arab Parliamentarians to Move Forward on Reproductive Health & Gender Empowerment “Over the years, the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) has worked in tandem with legislators and parliamentarians to help implement the historic Programme of Action (PoA) adopted unanimously by over 20,000 U.N. delegates at a landmark International…

The Guardian: Money from arms sales dwarfs aid for Yemen”Britain has earned eight times more from arms sales to Saudi Arabia and other members of the coalition fighting in Yemen than it has spent on aid to help civilians caught up in the conflict, a report has found. Campaigners have…

Associated Press: U.N. launches diphtheria vaccination campaign for Yemeni kids”The United Nations agencies for health and children have launched a diphtheria vaccination campaign in war-torn Yemen targeting over 2.8 million children between the ages of six weeks and 15 years…” (9/5). Thomson Reuters Foundation: U.N. says women and babies at risk…

New York Times: War Crimes Committed by Both Sides in Yemen, U.N. Panel Says”All parties to the war in Yemen are committing horrific abuses, from arbitrary killings to rape and torture, with an impunity that underscores a collective failure of the international community, a panel of international experts said on…