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Syria: UNRWA reaches near Yarmouk camp as typhoid outbreak hits Palestinian refugees

Aug 20, 2015, at 02:28 pm

New York, Aug 20 (IBNS): The United Nations relief agency responsible for the welfare of Palestine refugees across the Middle East announced on Wednesday it has conducted its first humanitarian mission to Yalda, near the besieged Yarmouk camp in Syria, where six cases of typhoid have been confirmed.

Syria: UN seeks expanded aid access to Palestinian refugees

May 16, 2014, at 05:21 pm

New York, May 16 (IBNS): A senior United Nations official has highlighted the extreme hardship faced by Palestinian refugees in Syria as a result of the ongoing armed conflict, and stressed the need to improve conditions to enable the delivery of critically-needed humanitarian assistance.

Gaza: UN calls for end to Israeli blockade

Apr 18, 2014, at 05:23 pm

New York, Apr 18 (IBNS): On his first official visit to the Gaza Strip, the new head of the United Nations agency assisting Palestinian refugees across the Middle East underscored the need to lift the seven-year Israeli blockade and end the "illegal collective punishment" unleashed on the population there.