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  • Syria: Humanitarian needs escalating as crisis reaches “catastrophic...
    9 November 2012 - 2:29pm
    Humanitarian agencies warned today that the number of people in need as a result of the conflict in Syria is expected to rise to more than four million by early 2013. The Syria Humanitarian Forum in Geneva heard that funding for the crisis is falling short, reaching only 45 per cent of what is needed...
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  • Syria: Displaced people desperately need more help, says Valerie Amos
    14 August 2012 - 6:18pm
    United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Valerie Amos, expressed concern today after meeting displaced people in the Zaheria district of Damascus, at the start of a three-day visit to Syria and Lebanon.   “The people I met today told me they need clean water,...
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  • CERF: Life-saving aid for pregnant women in Syria
    7 August 2012 - 12:41pm
    Like thousands of people in Damascus, the Syrian capital, Abdulahadi, Aisha and their four children fled their home when their neighbourhood came under intense bombardment. Without proper access to medical services, Aisha, who was in her last month of pregnancy, was extremely concerned for her unborn baby...
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