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19/10/16

Mosul: Protection of Civilians Must Be at the Heart of the Response

We reiterate our call to the all parties to concentrate their efforts to ensure the protection of, and free passage to safe areas for all civilians.

25/02/16

Treating the invisible injuries of war

Until fairly recently, humanitarian organizations focused their efforts on meeting the most urgent physical survival needs of people affected by violence or disaster. But the humanitarian mandate to alleviate suffering should include mental health along with physical health.

01/02/16

Urgent Humanitarian Needs in Syria and Region have Doubled

Ahead of the “Supporting Syria and the Region Conference” that will take place in London on February 4, Action Against Hunger is calling on world leaders to fill the dramatic gap between immediate humanitarian needs and available funding.

26/09/15

Syria Refugee Crisis

The Syria crisis reached its fourth anniversary in March 2015, and more than half the country's population is in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. Children and their families desperately need food, water and blankets.

28/05/15

Summer brings new woes for families in Iraqi Kurdistan

During the past year, worsening violence in Iraq has seen at least two million people forced to leave their homes

11/03/15

Syria: Four Years of Crisis

This week marks four years since the start of the conflict in Syria – a conflict which has left more 3.8 million people seeking refuge in neighbouring countries, and more than 7.6 million more displaced.