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Commissioner General for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Pierre Krahenbuhl speaks during a press conference at the United Nations Information center in Cairo on September 10, 2018 (AFP PHOTO / Khaled DESOUKI)
September 10, 2018, 9:25 pm
UNRWA appeals for funds amid ‘worst financial crisis’ in its history
Head of UN agency for Palestinian refugees says it needs $200 million to tackle deficit following halt of American funding
By AFP and TOI staff
Palestinians collect food aid at a United Nations food distribution center in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on January 28, 2018. (Said Khatib/AFP)
September 9, 2018, 10:35 am
Fearing collapse amid UNRWA cuts, Israeli officials urge aid for Gaza
With US defunding the UN’s Palestinian aid agency over its expansive definition of a refugee, Israel fears humanitarian crisis could spark war in south
By TOI staff
Palestinians collect food aid at a United Nations food distribution center in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on January 28, 2018. (Said Khatib/AFP)
February 11, 2018, 9:44 am
102 Democrats in Congress urge Trump not to cut Palestinian aid
US lawmakers say slashing UNRWA funding will damage American interests and encourage extremism
By TOI staff
Two Palestinian vendors wait for customers in front of their tobacco shop, in an alley of the Dheisheh Palestinian refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Tuedsay, May 20, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
September 15, 2016, 4:54 pm
PA on brink of financial crisis if donors don’t step in, report warns
World Bank calls for Israel to ease West Bank restrictions to allow Palestinian economy to flourish, says less than half of the billions pledged to Gaza have reached battered enclave
By TOI staff and AFP
Former US secretary of defense Chuck Hagel speaks at a press conference in Sydney on August 12, 2014. (AFP/POOL/Dan Himbrechts)
August 13, 2014, 12:14 pm
Hagel: US sending 130 more military advisers to Iraq
Marines and special operations forces are to develop ‘humanitarian assistance options,’ defense secretary says
By AP
A Syrian refugee fetches water at a refugee camp in the eastern Lebanese border town of Arsal, Lebanon, on Sunday, December, 15, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Bilal Hussein)
December 16, 2013, 11:48 pm
Eyeing Syrian crisis, UN makes record plea for aid
More than half of requested $12.9 billion would go to helping Syrian refugees; UN humanitarian chief says it is the ‘largest amount’ ever requested
By John Heilprin
Buildings damaged during battles between Syrian government forces and rebels, in Aleppo, Syria, seen earlier this month (photo credit: AP/Aleppo Media Center AMC)
August 13, 2013, 4:57 am
US pledges $15 million to help Syria’s opposition govern
Fund is in addition to over $1 billion in humanitarian aid that the US has already provided
By Bradley Klapper
Syrian children wait in line for food at a refugee camp near the Turkish border, in Azaz, Syria, last December (photo credit: AP/Manu Brabo)
August 8, 2013, 2:08 am
US sending $195 million more in aid to Syria
Package of humanitarian and food aid brings total US assistance to over $1 billion since civil war began
Syrian civilians searching through the debris of destroyed buildings in the aftermath of a strike by Syrian government forces, in the neighborhood of Jabal Bedro, Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday Feb. 19 (photo credit: AP/Aleppo Media Center)
February 24, 2013, 6:15 am
US sharply condemns Syrian army attacks on Aleppo
‘The Assad regime has no legitimacy and remains in power only through brute force,’ says State Department spokeswoman; Kerry embarks on nine-country tour
By TOI staff
US Secretary of State John Kerry (right), and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon address reporters after their meeting at the US Department of State in Washington, D.C., February 14 (photo credit: US State Department)
February 16, 2013, 1:53 am
US could cut $300 million in military aid to Israel
Government may have to slash $2.6 billion in global aid if budget debate not resolved by March 1; Jordan and Egypt would be hit too
By Bradley Klapper
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