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Yemen: UNICEF raises alarm about child malnutrition in 'the forgotten war'

In Yemen, more than a million children under five face the risk of acute malnutrition and acute respiratory tract infections according to

Ukraine

Ukraine: four dead as bus trips mine in divided Donetsk

At least four people have been killed after a bus drove over a mine in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.

Syria

Syrian monitoring group says at least 500 killed in Aleppo offensive

Amateur video footage has emerged purporting to show the aftermath of airstrikes on Syria’s largest city. War monitoring group The Syrian Observatory

Syria

Syria: UN warns of siege and starvation in Aleppo

The United Nations warned on Tuesday that the Syrian government assault on Aleppo could cut off food supplies to 300,000 civilians still living

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Ukraine

Eastern Ukraine struggles to survive across rebel dividing line

No jobs. Little left standing. A long wait to cross a frontier made by a war few Ukrainian farmers understand, and which cuts them off from their market...if they could grow anything. Near Luhansk, li

Canada

Canada to end bombing campaign against ISIL within two weeks

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that the country would be pulling out by 22 February its six fighter jets that have been bombing

Ukraine

Normal life in East Ukraine waits on demining efforts

Wednesday is the first anniversary of the Minsk agreement that was supposed to end the crisis between Ukraine and Russia. Mapping and clearing the

Syria

Syrian refugees flee to Turkey border as Aleppo assault intensifies

Around 35,000 Syrian refugees have arrived at the Turkish border, near the southern city of Kilis in the last two days, and are being accommodated on

Syria

Syrians flee to Turkish border as government forces close in on Aleppo

At least 15-thousand Syrians have fled an intensifying assault around the city of Aleppo Crowds of people have been massing at the Bab al-Salam

Syria

20,000 Syrian refugees stuck on Turkish border after fleeing Aleppo

Tens of thousands of people are leaving the Syrian city of Aleppo or the refugee camps on its outskirts and fleeing towards Turkey. Some 20,000 are

Syria

Civilians flee Aleppo as Syrian army and Russian air power lay siege

Ancient armies fought here, but now modern weapons are beginning to encircle Aleppo, and the city is being hit remorselessly from the air by the

World News

Syrian government forces backed by Russian air power advance on Aleppo

Syrian government forces backed by Russian air power advance against rebel forces north of Aleppo.

Syria

Aleppo assault threatens fragile Syrian peace process

A Syrian government offensive on rebel-held towns around Aleppo has thrown the UN brokered peace talks into chaos.

World News

Anti-ISIL summit agrees to intensify attacks on Islamic extremists

A day-long summit in Italy of 23 nations engaged against ISIL has reviewed the situation in Syria, Iraq and Libya. Members agreed to intensify their

Ukraine

Ukraine’s challenge for 2016 is corruption, not conflict

This year is expected to become a crucial deadline for post-Maidan Ukraine. Twenty four months after the fall of Viktor Yanukovich the country must

Syria

Blasts close to Damascus' main Shi'ite shrine kill 60 - monitor

The Sunni militant group calling itself Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Syria

Emotional plea from UN on eve of Syria talks

The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, has made a plea to all parties to bring a peaceful resolution to the five-year

Syria

Syrian government forces claim successes but ISIL still rampant

ISIL attacked the Syrian city of Homs on Tuesday, killing at least 24 people with a car bomb and explosive belt-wearing terrorist. A mainly Alawite

Syria

Syria: Pro-Assad forces hail recapture of key rebel-held town

Syria’s pro-government forces are hailing a key victory over rebels, ahead of planned peace talks that look increasingly likely to stall. The

Egypt

Egypt: at least nine dead in bomb blast on road to Giza pyramids

A bomb blast in a residential building in Giza, Egypt, has killed at least nine people, including six police officers. The bomb site lies on the road

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