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Sweden warns against cutting US aid to Palestinians

AFP Jan 9, 2018

STOCKHOLM: Sweden, a big donor country that has recognized Palestine as a state, warned Tuesday that any US decision to withdraw funds to the UN agency for Palestinians would be destabilising for the Middle East. Sweden's UN Ambassador…

UN chief took Saudis off blacklist over threat to stop funds

AFP Jun 10, 2016

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday criticized Saudi Arabia and its allies for resorting to "undue pressure" to remove the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen from a UN blacklist by threatening to cut off funding.

Islamic State takes 90 percent of Damascus refugee camp: monitor

Raza Haidery Apr 4, 2015

DAMSCUS: Islamic State has taken control of 90 percent of a Palestinian refugee camp on the Damascus outskirts where 18,000 civilians have suffered years of bombing, army siege and militia control, a monitoring group said on Saturday.

Syrian refugees top 3 million, half of all Syrians displaced – UN

Raza Haidery Aug 29, 2014

GENEVA Three million Syrian refugees will have registered in neighbouring countries as of Friday, an exodus that began in March 2011 and shows no sign of abating, the United Nations said.