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UNRWA fears US Middle East plan will spark violence
The UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees voiced concern on Friday that the US administration’s Middle East peace plan will spark further ... Middle East -
Acting head of UN Palestinian agency says ‘difficult’ year ahead
The interim head of the UN agency that aids Palestinian refugees on Thursday accused pro-Israel groups of lobbying foreign parliaments to stop ... Middle East -
UN extends Palestinian refugee mission until 2023
The United Nations extended the work of its Palestinian refugee agency for another three years on Friday, despite fierce opposition from the United ... Middle East -
Ex-head of UNRWA denies wrongdoing amid misconduct probe
The former head of the United Nations’ Palestinians aid agency, who resigned in the face of an inquiry into misconduct allegations, has denied ... Middle East -
Head of UN Palestinian agency steps aside amid probe
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has stepped aside temporarily as an internal probe into alleged mismanagement at the organization ... Middle East -
Head of UN Palestinian refugee agency has resigned: UN spokesman
The head of the UN agency that aids Palestinian refugees has resigned, effective immediately, the United Nations said on Wednesday. The UN ... Middle East -
Troubled UN agency for Palestinians names new deputy head
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees on Thursday announced the appointment of an acting deputy chief, after a report on alleged ethical abuses by ... Middle East -
Countries pledge $110 million for UN Palestinian agency
More than $110 million was raised Tuesday at a pledging conference to support the UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA, which has been struggling ... Middle East -
UN to appeal for $1.2 billion to help five million Palestinians
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Friday he hopes donors will be as generous this year as they were last year after the United ... Middle East -
UNRWA rejects US call to dismantle it, hosts donors’ conference on June 25
The head of the United Nations organization for Palestinian refugees on Thursday rejected a US call to dismantle the agency, saying it cannot be ... Middle East -
UN agency eyes $1.2 bln budget for Palestinians despite US cuts
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees on Tuesday appealed to nations to help it maintain a $1.2-billion budget in 2019 after it was hit last year by ... Middle East -
UN salutes Damascus allowing Yarmouk Palestinians to return
The United Nations on Wednesday welcomed a Syrian regime plan to allow Palestinians back home to the ravaged Damascus suburb of Yarmouk after ... Middle East -
Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA gets $118 mln in new funding
The Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA on Thursday received pledges of $118 million from donor countries to help it overcome a crisis triggered by US ... Middle East -
Thousands of UN employees in Gaza protest job cuts
Thousands of employees of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees protested in Gaza on Wednesday against forced redundancies as a result of ... Middle East -
UNRWA: We only have budget enough for September
Al Arabiya’s interview with Pierre Kraehenbuehl, Commissioner-General of UNRWA, conducted by Randa Abdul Azm, head of Al Arabiya office in Cairo ... Special Interview -
Jordan says US move to halt UN refugee agency funding fuels radicalism
Jordan said on Saturday it regretted a US decision to halt funding to a United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, saying it would only fuel ... Middle East -
US ends funding for UN Palestinian refugee agency
The United States is halting its funding for the United Nations’ agency for Palestinian refugees after determining that the organization is ... Middle East -
UNRWA schools to open on time despite US freeze
Hundreds of UN-run schools for Palestinian refugees will open on time after fresh funding temporarily staved off a financial crisis triggered by a US ... Middle East -
‘Mutiny’ at UNRWA in Gaza after job cuts
Workers have seized partial control of the headquarters of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Hamas-run Gaza, its head said Wednesday, accusing ... Middle East -
UN Palestinian agency says to axe 250 jobs after US funding cuts
The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees announced Wednesday it was cutting more than 250 jobs in the Palestinian territories after the ... Middle East -
UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA to pare down operations in Gaza
Facing a major funding shortfall, the UN Palestinian refugee agency is planning to defer payment of salaries and suspend some of its operations in ... Middle East -
How scandal-hit Oxfam is affecting the good work of agencies like UNRWA
UNRWA is, and has been, exposed to unjust campaigns both presently and in the past, while it is in dire need of all possible international and ... Middle East -
EU renews support to UNRWA and for two-state solution
The European Union (EU) has renewed its continuous financial support to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and ... World News -
US to provide $60 mln in Palestinian aid, withhold $65 mln
The United States will give a UN agency $60 million in aid for Palestinians but withhold a further $65 million for now, a US official said on Tuesday ... Middle East -
Can anyone really end the Israeli blockade of Palestinian aid?
The blockade of the Zaytouna-Oliva to Gaza must be the last time that Israel exercises its powers to block aid Middle East -
UN Palestinian agency says half its schools hit by conflict
Nearly half of the schools run by the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees have been hit by conflict in the last five years Middle East -
UN needs $80 million for schools for Palestinian refugees
Last year, a $101 million shortfall in the budget of the agency, known as UNRWA, almost led to a delay in starting school Middle East -
UN Palestinian agency turns to Gulf countries to avoid funding crisis
The head of the UN Palestinian refugee agency urged Gulf countries to donate millions to help UNRWA Middle East -
Lebanon must not repeat its experience with Palestinian refugees
In an op-ed published last month, Yezid Sayigh, senior associate at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, discussed smarter assistance for Syrian ... Middle East -
Palestinian refugees in Syria: Aya must not be left behind
The international conference on Syria on Wednesday in London is an opportune moment to remember that all wars, in particular this most catastrophic ... Middle East