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MSF suspends work in northeast Syria, withdraws foreign aid workers
Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) said on Tuesday it had suspended most of its medical aid activities in northeast Syria and was ... Middle East -
MSF halts work in Yemen’s Aden after patient killed
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has stopped admitting patients to its clinic in Yemen’s second city Aden after staff were threatened and a patient ... Gulf -
Houthi landmines kill, injure dozens of children in Yemen’s Mocha
“Amarah Saeed Mohammed, eight years old. Post bomb explosion, open fracture of the tibia and fibula,” a woman reads from a piece of paper ... Features -
In letter to Ghassan Salamé, MSF defends role in merchant ship Nivin refugee fiasco
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has defended the role it played in the situation that developed with regard to around 90 refugees and ... North Africa -
Zero Hunger: Our actions today are our future tomorrow
Just three years ago, in September 2015, all United Nations Member States approved the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.The eradication of ... Middle East -
Gaza patients: ‘My hope for the future? I don’t have hope’
A series of testimonies from patients and doctor in Gaza have been released by international humanitarian aid organization Médecins Sans ... Features -
One year on, basic healthcare remains major challenge for Rohingya refugees
Almost one year ago, an unprecedented number of Rohingya refugees began fleeing Myanmar for neighboring Bangladesh. This exodus has created the ... Features -
Mosul’s traumatized children: ‘I am like my old self. What I was before ISIS came’
Rasha and her father Halif live in a camp for displaced people in northern Iraq. They are originally from Mosul but fled the city when Rasha’s ... Features -
Human trafficking massacre leaves 15 African migrants dead in Libya
Fifteen migrants from African states have been shot dead and more than 25 are injured when they tried to escape from a secret camp run by human ... North Africa -
WATCH: Civilians of Ghouta trapped in regime's blistering assault
Fresh shelling of Eastern Ghouta endangered a vital aid delivery on Friday, nearly three weeks into a blistering Syrian regime offensive that has ... Middle East -
Hundreds of migrants picked up between Libya and Italy
Libya’s coastguard and an international charity ship picked up several hundred migrants on Saturday as smugglers trying to take advantage of ... North Africa -
WATCH: Video shows maternity hospital in Ghouta destroyed after shelling
Despite recent calls for a humanitarian ceasefire, bombing and shelling in Syria’s eastern Ghouta persist and continue to destroy the city. The ... Middle East -
Doctors in Syria’s Ghouta describe counting body parts in horrific interviews
Counting body parts, searching for life under the rubble, escaping bomb sites for fear of a second attack, and having nothing to eat. This is a day in ... Features -
VIDEO: Jordan 3D printing lab gives amputees a helping hand
Iraqi soldier Abdullah lost his left hand fighting the Islamic State group but now he has a prosthetic one -- thanks to a 3D printing lab in ... Features -
The bitter taste of Mosul
In an article published in the Independent on 17 January, the journalist Robert Fisk questions the delivery of care by medical aid groups embedded ... Middle East -
From one refugee to another, I hope you can return home soon
Since the start of the civil war, 165,000 South Sudanese refugees have fled the violence at home and crossed the border into Sudan´s White Nile ... Blogs -
A skilled Arab woman in solidarity with societies torn by war, disease
Around five o’clock on a cold winter’s morning, I was called to the delivery room for a patient who was “not well”. I jumped ... Features -
Why ‘humanitarian art therapy’ works
This was my second and longer trip to Amman, Jordan. When I first got in and looked at my GPS, I zoomed out to acknowledge how much devastation and ... Blogs -
The relief and gratitude on parents’ faces in Mosul
Since the start of the military offensive in Mosul, thousands of displaced people have fled south to the town of Hammam Al-Alil. Philippa Collins, a ... Blogs -
Meningitis in Nigeria: Journey of a massive vaccination campaign
Every single last detail must be controlled when you organise mass vaccination campaigns such as the meningitis intervention that Doctors Without ... Blogs -
How I have seen the health system collapsing in Yemen
It is never easy to meet the medical needs of a population, and even more so in a poor country. The health system is precarious, and the situation can ... Blogs -
MSF withdraws from hospital in Houthi-held region of Yemen
The international medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have decided to withdraw from al-Thawra hospital in ... Gulf -
No woman should die in the process of giving birth
Afghanistan is one of the most dangerous places in the world to give birth. For International Women’s Day 2017, Médecins Sans ... Middle East -
Something can be done to help the people of Aleppo
In the final throes of the battle to retake Aleppo we must continue to demand that the different parties to the conflict allow civilians to flee Middle East -
25 people found dead in Mediterranean migrant boat: MSF
MSF said its chartered rescue ship, the Bourbon Argos, picked up 107 people aboard the boat 26 nautical miles off Libya on Tuesday Middle East -
Hospitals under ‘unprecedented’ attack in war zones
The charity spoke out as condemnation grew over the bombing of hospitals in the rebel-held east of the Syrian city of Aleppo Middle East -
MSF praises King Salman Center’s humanitarian role in Yemen
A delegation from “Doctors Without Borders- Médecins Sans Frontières” praised “the great services provided by King ... Reports -
In Borno State Nigeria, people need a fighting chance
As the Olympic Games played out in all their grandeur and glory, a bloody ground war was being waged in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger Middle East -
Saudi-led Arab Coalition to investigate MSF claim
The Joint Incidents Assessment Team (JIAT) is looking into a request by the UN secretary general to probe a claim by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) ... Middle East -
MSF says a hospital it supports in Syria bombed, 13 killed
MSF said the hospital attack deprives 70,000 people in Millis and surrounding areas of essential medical care Middle East