No time to waste, as Yemen inches towards famine: UNICEF

Raising alarm over “an imminent catastrophe” in war-ravaged Yemen, the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reiterated the urgent need to stop fighting.

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Yemen war reaches ‘shameful milestone’ - 10,000 children now killed or maimed

19 Oct 2021

Another “shameful milestone” has been reached in the conflict in Yemen with 10,000 children killed or maimed since fighting started in March 2015, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.

Deaths of children in northeast Syria ‘could have been averted’: UNICEF

13 Aug 2020

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has expressed “deep alarm” over reports that eight children – all under the age of five – have died in Syria’s Al Hol camp, where several thousand children are languishing in dire conditions.

More than 11,000 children killed or injured in Yemen conflict: UNICEF

11 Dec 2022

More than 11,000 boys and girls have been killed or injured in the war in Yemen - an average of four a day since fighting escalated in 2015, though the number is likely to be far higher, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reported.