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NEW YORK CITY: The international community must not abandon the 4 million children in Syria for whom the Feb. 6 earthquakes came as “a trauma on top of trauma,” the UN’s Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has warned. “It is our duty to make sure that we do not forget them,” said Adele Khodr, the organization’s regional director for the Middle East and North Africa.

Funding will deliver lifesaving assistance to over 52.7 million children in need in 2023

UNICEF appeals for 2.6 bln USD for helping children in MENA region-

“With nearly half of the countries in the region in crisis or experiencing the ripple effects of conflict and war, children remain the most affected and in dire need of assistance,” said Adele Khodr, Regional Director of UNICEF for the Middle East and North Africa,

AMMAN, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday appealed for 2.6 billion U.S. dollars in emergency funding to deliver lifesaving assistance to over 52.7 million children in need in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in 2023.

Aden, Yemen, Dec 6 (Prensa Latina) Yemeni Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik spoke with the Executive Director for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Catherine Russel about the situation of children in the country, affected by eight years of war, the Saba news agency reported.

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry said one of the purposes of the media war and political pressures on Iran is to cover up the crimes committed by the US and its allies, such as their crimes against children.

Oman has become the first country in the Eastern Mediterranean Region to be awarded a certification of validation of the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis.

Aden, Yemen, Sep 15 (Prensa Latina) More than 500,000 children in Yemen suffer from acute undernourishment, including 60,000 affected by medical complications who are at risk of dying, the UN warned.

Over three violent days in early August, until a ceasefire was reached on Aug. 7, Israeli Defense Forces launched some 147 airstrikes against targets in Gaza while Palestinian militants unleashed around 1,100 rockets and mortars into Israel.