Data on the situation of children in the Middle East and North Africa

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A group of children gather in an IDP camp in Dana, rural Idleb, Syria, on 1 July 2025.
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12 October 2025

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip

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08 October 2025

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03 October 2025

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22 September 2025

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Eight-year-old Hussein and nine-year-old Issa playing during UNICEF visit to Zouq Bhannine 091 informal settlement in northern Lebanon on 5 August 2021.