After 20 years: Ethiopia and Eritrea found peace 11/7/2018 This week Ethiopia and Eritrea declared one of Africa’s longest-running conflicts officially over. We saw its humanitarian impact first-hand: bringing aid to tens of ...
Gaza: ICRC delivers urgent medical supplies 13/5/2018, News releases and statements Tel Aviv – Gaza. Today the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) managed an emergency humanitarian crossing through Kerem Shalom, despite its ...
Syria: 13 aid-filled trucks offloaded in Douma despite close-range fighting 10/3/2018, News releases and statements Damascus/Geneva (ICRC) – Teams from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) and UN on Friday delivered ...
What does IHL provide for in terms of humanitarian access and assistance? 14/8/2017, IHL Armed conflicts, whether international or non-international, give rise to significant needs for humanitarian assistance. Civilian populations are often deprived of basic necessities in ...
Statement by ICRC President Peter Maurer on Syria trip 25/5/2017, News releases and statements This is my 5th visit to Syria and each time I come, I see more suffering. Nearly half of the population has been ...
Graciela López Schaefer to ‘Maariv’: “Israelis have to understand that we are not political” 14/3/2017, ICRC In the Media / Missing - Israel and the Occupied Territories Graciela López Schaefer, ICRC Deputy Head of Delegation in Israel and the Occupied Territories, has seen ...
Red Cross Red Crescent Movement stands united: We are #NotATarget 16/2/2017 On February 8th, six of our colleagues were targeted and killed in Afghanistan. That same day, a distribution centre in Aleppo was attacked ...
International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement and Syrian Arab Red Crescent condemn attack on SARC aid distribution centre in Hamadaniya, Aleppo 9/2/2017, News releases and statements 8 February 2017 The Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of Red ...
ICRC warns of deteriorating humanitarian situation amid intensifying hostilities in eastern Ukraine 3/2/2017, News releases and statements With tens of thousands of people living by the line of contact in eastern Ukraine caught in a spike in the hostilities since ...
Syria: Attack on humanitarian convoy is an attack on humanity 21/9/2016, News releases and statements The Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red ...
