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Syria: ICRC & Syrian Arab Red Crescent in Moaddamiyeh with aid
04-02-2016
Last night (3 February), as darkness fell, the ICRC and Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) crossed the checkpoints and the buffer zone to enter the besieged town of Moaadamiyeh to give aid to tens of thousands of people in desperate need.
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India Makeathon: Low cost prototypes for those with disabilities
03-02-2016
Of the world's seven billion people, one billion are living with disabilities. In rural areas, and in developing countries, the challenges to living a normal life can seem insurmountable.<br>The simplest things: getting to the shops, going to school, finding a job and going to work, can be out of reach.<br><br>
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Syria: Key operation begins to bring aid in besieged areas
11-01-2016
Damascus / Geneva - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), working alongside the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) and the United Nations (UN), has begun delivering vital aid to thousands of people living in three besieged areas in Syria.
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Iraq: Highest number of displaced in 2015
29-12-2015
As the conflict escalates, Iraq has seen the highest numbers and fastest rate of people displaced in the world in 2015
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Eastern Ukraine: Making Frontline Schools Safe
22-12-2015
Months after the September ceasefire, shelling still occurs along the frontline in eastern Ukraine
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South Sudan: A hospital on the front line
14-12-2015
The hospital in Kodok, South Sudan sits on the front line between warring parties. It is fully operational today, but the tension of conflict lies all around.
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Yemen: Patients in dire need in ruined hospitals
13-12-2015
On the eve of Yemen peace talks in Geneva, the International Committee of the Red Cross calls for an urgent political solution to alleviate the suffering of millions of people in the country. The ICRC's Regional Director for the Near and Middle East, Robert Mardini, said Yemen was fast-becoming one of the world's 'forgotten conflicts'.<br>
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South Sudan: Displaced by conflict, struggling with hunger
11-12-2015
Over two million people in South Sudan have fled their homes because of conflict. Many, like Nyathon Pur, have come to Kolapach, a small village in Jonglei State in the northern part of the country. Most fled with little more than the clothes they were wearing. Everyone here is hungry.<br>
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Syria: Suffering escalating as winter looms
02-12-2015
As the Syrian conflict approaches its fifth anniversary and the fighting and violence<br>intensifies, the suffering is escalating. <br>While nearly four million people have fled the country, around 8 million are displaced within<br>the country; many have been forced to move several times. <br>
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