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Latest news from the region

Peter Salama with children

Press release

24 January 2020

UNICEF mourns death of Dr. Peter Salama

News note

23 January 2020

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates support UNICEF to meet the needs of children in Yemen

Girls playing with jump ropes

Statement

17 January 2020

Libya: Tens of thousands of children at risk amidst violence and chaos of unrelenting conflict

Press release

16 January 2020

Japan contributes $2.8 million to UNICEF’s emergency response for children in northeast Syria

Statement

10 January 2020

UNICEF calls on all stakeholders to put children first and ensure their safeguarding in these times of crisis in Lebanon

News note

06 January 2020

Fighting in and around Tripoli shuts 210 schools, depriving over 115,000 children of their education

Statement

02 January 2020

UNICEF’s New Year appeal for Syria: cease fighting in the northwest and end the nine-year war

Press release

30 December 2019

2019 concludes a ‘deadly decade’ for children in conflict, with more than 170,000 grave violations verified since 2010 – UNICEF

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UNICEF Middle East and North Africa

+962-79-936-5212

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