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Why Iranian Entrenchment in Southern Syria Worries Neighboring Countries
The Syrian regime has struggled to govern Syria’s south, while the Ukraine war has weakened Russia’s influence, making both more reliant on Tehran and its allies in the area. However, this may increase the prospects of conflict between Iran and Israel. By Armenak Tokmajyan and Kheder Khaddour On March 21, 2024 Southern Syria—corresponding to Quneitra,…
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UN appeals for $4 billion in humanitarian aid funding for Syria amid ongoing crisis
By [İzettin Kasım On March 24, 2024 A humanitarian official at the United Nations has appealed for $4 billion in aid for over 10 million Syrians, as the crisis in Syria continues to worsen after thirteen years of conflict. Speaking to reporters in the Swiss city of Geneva on Friday, Adam Abdelmoula, resident coordinator in…
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‘A year lost’: Lebanon’s border conflict takes its toll on schoolchildren
Violence in south Lebanon has shut 58 schools that normally educate 20,000 children By Nada Maucourant Atallah, Nada Homsi, Jamie Prentis On March 22, 2024 It’s Wednesday afternoon, and six-year-old Karamallah sluggishly wanders around the house in his pyjamas. Normally at this time of the day, he would be in his school uniform learning to…
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Lebanon’s displaced celebrate Ramadan amid fears that border conflict might become the ‘new normal’
MARWANIEH, Lebanon (AP) — Shortly before sunset on a recent evening, Mervat Reslan and a group of other women made french fries in vats of boiling oil to serve with that night’s iftar — the meal that breaks the daily fasts Muslims observe during the holy month of Ramadan. By Abby Sewell The Associated Press…
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4.5 million children in Yemen are out of school: Save the Children
On March 25, 2024 ALBAWABA – According to a report by the British NGO Save the Children, at least 4.5 million children are out of school, with displaced children twice as likely to drop out than their peers. According to Save the Children’s data, displaced children are twice as likely to drop out of school,…
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Warnings against normalising conflict as Yemen marks decade of war
NGOs warn that hunger, disease and lack of education stalk Yemen as war persists. On March 25, 2024 About four and a half million children are not in education in Yemen, while half of the country is in desperate need of medical aid, NGOs have warned. Reports released on Monday said two in five Yemeni…
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COMING STORM How bloodthirsty fanatics are building new ‘empire of terror’ in war-ravaged Sudan…and West must be ready to fight
The UN is investigating reports of beheadings, rapes, and arming children in the war-torn country By Jessica Baker On March 24, 2024 MILITIAS in Sudan are slaughtering civilians to make way for a terror hub the world will be “forced to fight”, a genocide survivor has warned. People are being raped, beheaded and are “dying…
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Amid Sudan war, scores of families risk lives to keep each other alive
On March 24, 2024 Since the war began last April between the army of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, tens of thousands have died and millions more have been forced to flee their homes Sameh Makki’s soup kitchen is barely 100 metres from…
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What caused the civil war in Sudan and how has it become one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises?
Fighting broke out nearly a year ago in the capital Khartoum, in an escalating power struggle that has led to more than 8 million people being displaced On March 22, 2024 How did the current conflict begin? Fighting broke out in Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, on 15 April 2023 as an escalating power struggle between the two…
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