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UNRWA The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) urgently requires US$38 million to cover the most urgent humanitarian needs of affected populations in Gaza and the West Bank, following the dramatic intensification in violence in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) in recent days. This includes the escalation of hostilities leading to massive Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, which began on 10 May, and clashes in the West Bank, including in East Jerusalem. The humanitarian emergency in both Gaza and the West Bank is exacerbated by the COVID-19 pa...

Amman/PNN/ Ten years after demonstrations started in Syria, over half of the Palestine refugees in the country have been displaced at least once because of the brutal conflict that ensued, including 120,000 who have sought safety in neighboring countries, mainly Lebanon and Jordan, and beyond. Once a vibrant community of over 550,000 people, Palestinians had come to Syria in two main waves in 1948 and 1967 to settle in 12 camps across the country. Yarmouk, the most famous of the Palestine refugee camps, became known as “the capital of Palestine refugees.” The United Nations Relief and Wor...

Syria: 10 years of multiple hardships for Palestine refugees Format Ten years after demonstrations started in Syria, over half of the Palestine refugees in the country have been displaced at least once because of the brutal conflict that ensued, including 120,000 who have sought safety in neighbouring countries, mainly Lebanon and Jordan, and beyond. Once a vibrant community of over 550,000 people, Palestinians had come to Syria in two main waves in 1948 and 1967 to settle in 12 camps across the country. Yarmouk, the most famous of the Palestine refugee camps, became known as "the capital of ...

Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) contributes to UNRWA in support of its education services to Palestine refugees in Syria Format The Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) has generously contributed US$13.4 million towards the education programme of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Syria. The generous contribution is part of an overall US$ 20.7 million agreement with QFFD, signed in December 2019, to support the Agency’s human development services of education, health, and technical and vocational education. The support will reach up...

defenceWeb Written by Guy Martin - A Senegalese Epsilon trainer. Senegal’s Air Force will next year take delivery of another three TB-30 Epsilon piston-engine trainers from France, while Togo is returning its two aircraft to service. This is according to Air & Cosmos, which reported this emerged during the 13 November visit to Senegal by Chief of Staff of the French Air and Space Force, General Philippe Lavigne. According to the French Ministry of Defence, Lavigne was in Dakar, Senegal, to preside over the inauguration ceremony of the new aircraft stopover facility for the French Elements ...