by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 29, 2017 | Middle East
School playgrounds across Syria are being transformed into vegetable gardens where children whose diets have been devastated by six years of war can learn to grow – and then eat – aubergines, lettuces, peppers, cabbages and cucumbers. Traditional Syrian cuisine...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 15, 2017 | World
United Nations agencies made an appeal on Monday for at least 1.4 billion that is needed to help those fleeing war and famine in South Sudan. The agencies increased their 2017 appeal for South Sudan’s refugees, saying they needed at least $1.4 billion to help...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 13, 2017 | Middle East
Sana’a – The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) announced on Wednesday that it is increasing its emergency food operations in Yemen to provide food assistance to up to 9 million people in one of the world’s worst hunger crises. A statement by the WFP said...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 11, 2017 | Middle East
London – A United Nations agency warned that most Iraqi families will no longer be able to feed themselves if fighting escalates in the war-torn country. The World Food Program (WFP) spoke of “unprecedented levels of vulnerability” among the Iraqi population due...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 27, 2016 | Middle East
Taiz-A senior Houthi military operative, who goes by the nom de guerre of Abu Majed, was killed in clashes with popular resistance fighters on Wednesday in west Yemen’s Taiz city, the Yemeni army announced. Resistance media center said that Abu Majed, a senior Houthi...
