UN seeks sanctions relief for Iran

The western sanctions have had a negative impact on several sectors in Iran, mainly its medical industry

French UN official threatens forced entry of aid convoys to Syria

Politics continue to influence efforts to aid Syrian earthquake victims who have been living under a western-backed insurgency against the Syrian government

Damascus opens new border crossings as militants obstruct aid efforts

In a press conference on Monday, extremist militant commander Abu Muhammad al-Jolani rejected the idea of receiving aid from government-held territory

Earthquake death toll in Turkiye and Syria climbs past 25,000

Freezing winter weather conditions and the sheer scale of the destruction have hampered rescue efforts

Former UN envoy to Yemen linked to MI6, Foreign Office

Griffiths was selected as the UN envoy to Yemen six years before Inter Mediate began operations in Yemen and in Syria

No pain, no grain: Putin’s Black Sea comeback

After the western military attack on Sevastopol briefly halted Russian grain transports, Moscow is back in business with a stronger hand and more favorable terms.

UN warns Syria ‘could’ return to larger-scale fighting

UN officials said the regional plan to take care of the needs for Syrian refugees requires $6.1 billion

Nineteen million Yemenis ‘on verge of famine,’ UN report says

And on 26 June, a UAE tanker left Radhum port in Shabwa in Yemen, having stolen more than 400,000 barrels of crude oil worth 49 billion Yemeni rials from the people of Yemen

WFP announces further reduction of food rations in Yemen

WFP reduced rations for eight million people, warning last May that further cuts would be needed after raising only a quarter of the $2 billion necessary for Yemen this year

UN warns against neglecting Afghan crisis as world focuses on Ukraine

The UN is seeking $4.4 billion from donors to enable it to continue providing humanitarian aid to millions of Afghans in need

Rights group sounds alarm over unprecedented food crisis in West Asia

The conflict in Ukraine and western sanctions on Russia have exacerbated a global supply crisis that was set off by the COVID-19 pandemic

Ansarallah top official confers with UN special envoy for Yemen over humanitarian crisis

The meeting comes amid a warning that Yemen is a few weeks away from a humanitarian catastrophe

UN fails to raise necessary funds for Yemen’s 2022 aid plan

'We have no choice but to take food from the hungry to feed the starving,' a WFP official said in reference to Yemen's growing crisis

Millions of Yemenis will lose access to all humanitarian aid in March: UN official

The dire warning comes as Saudi warplanes continue to target residential areas across the war-torn country

UN says Afghanistan needs $5 billion to avoid humanitarian disaster

Punitive US sanctions and the refusal to release billions of dollars of Afghan foreign reserves are worsening the situation in Afghanistan

Afghanistan economic crisis deepens as US ignores pleas to lift punitive sanctions

Nearly $10 billion of Afghanistan's foreign reserves continue to be held by the US

Saudis ask US, Oman for help in defending Marib

With Marib on the verge of falling into the hands of Yemeni forces, Saudis seek diplomatic channels to delay the liberation of the strategic town