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Israeli forces bombarded Palestinian refugee camps in central Gaza on Tuesday and ordered residents to evacuate as the military expanded its ground offensive into another part of the besieged territory. Gaza’s main telecom provider announced another “complete interruption” of services. CBC | World News
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Canada’s UN ambassador defends UN vote as ‘compassionate’ response to humanitarian disaster in Gaza
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Read More »UN urges international support for Sudan as concerns grow of humanitarian crisis
Millions of people in Sudan have been displaced after seven months of fighting between Sudan’s army and a paramilitary group, and concerns of a humanitarian crisis are growing among aid groups. CBC | World News
Read More »Rosalynn Carter, humanitarian and wife of former U.S. president Jimmy Carter, dead at 96
The Carter Center said she died Sunday after living with dementia and suffering many months of declining health. CBC | World News
Read More »White House says Israel has agreed to daily humanitarian pauses in Gaza
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Read More »Health-care and relief workers killed in Gaza as humanitarian groups navigate full blockade
Groups providing health care in Gaza say seven major hospitals have run out of medical supplies, leaving them scrambling to find ways to bring essential supplies into the region through Israel’s total blockade. CBC | World News
Read More »What you need to know about the recent escalation of war and humanitarian crisis in Syria
Syrian troops backed by Russian forces have been battling since December to eradicate the last rebel strongholds in the region in a war that has killed an estimated 400,000 Syrians and left much of Syria in ruins. CBC | World News
Read More »UN Security Council hears of ‘unfolding humanitarian catastrophe’ in Syria’s Idlib province
Hundreds of thousands of people fleeing a Russian-backed Syrian offensive are being squeezed into ever smaller areas near Turkey’s border “under horrendous conditions” in freezing temperatures that are killing babies and young children, the UN humanitarian chief said Wednesday. CBC | World News
Read More »German foreign minister warns of humanitarian crisis in Syria’s Idlib province
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has warned of a “humanitarian catastrophe” in Idlib if fighting in Syria doesn’t stop, speaking after a meeting with his Turkish counterpart during the Munich Security Conference. CBC | World News
Read More »As Russia, China veto humanitarian aid to Syria, airstrikes in Idlib intensity
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday said Russia and China had blood on their hands after the two countries used a veto of a UN Security Council resolution to block cross-border aid deliveries from Turkey and Iraq to millions of Syrian civilians. CBC | World News
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