Syria: Thousands displaced by fighting in Quneitra 19/9/2014 Clashes between government forces and the armed opposition have intensified in recent days in Quneitra governorate – in Quneitra city in particular, where ...
Gaza: Emergency Recovery – Challenges & Need 18/9/2014 “We aim to provide assistance to more than 25’000 families in the eastern part of the Gaza Strip,” says Christian Cardon, the head ...
Iraq: More than a million victims of fighting receive ICRC help 16/9/2014 Millions of people in Iraq are suffering from the fighting. “Many of them lost all their belongings and their means of earning a ...
Water in Gaza: Priorities and challenges 10/9/2014 Throughout the crisis and to this day, our teams have worked alongside the municipal authorities to rehabilitate Gaza’s water and sanitation services as ...
Gaza: Challenges and priorities 10/9/2014 As an open-ended cease fire promises relief from a 51-day conflict in Gaza, the ICRC and its partner, the Palestine Red Crescent Society ...
Jordan: More Syrian refugees seeking shelter 7/9/2014 With no solution to the Syrian crisis in sight, people are still crossing into Jordan in search of a safe haven. Many are ...
Interview with ICRC Health Delegate 4/9/2014 “If people don’t have access to their hospitals, where are they meant to go?” asks Kirrily Clarke, our Hospital Project Manager in Gaza. ...
150 years of humanitarian action: Rules to limit suffering 4/9/2014, IHL Even war has limits. The rules established by international humanitarian law protect those who are not, or no longer, participating in the hostilities ...
Ukraine: Lugansk population in dire need 1/9/2014, News releases and statements 23-08-2014 News Release Geneva / Kiev / Moscow (ICRC) – Staff from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) report intermittent shelling ...
150 years after the first Geneva Convention, Switzerland and the ICRC call for greater respect for international humanitarian law. Joint article 27/8/2014, IHL 150 years ago to the day, the first Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed ...
