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Statement by Anthony Lake, UNICEF Executive Director on attack on teachers’ office in Yemen

Last night, 13 educators and four of their children paid a most terrible price in the continuing conflict in Yemen – killed in an airstrike on a teachers’ office in Amran, just north of Sana’a. Twenty people, including one child, were injured. The...

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UNESCO chief deplores killing of two leading scholars of Syrian antiquities

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Archaeological site of Palmyra in Syria.

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UNHCR to help Libya improve response to boats in distress off its coast

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Specialized local operators carrying coffin of one victim of marine accident off the coast of Libya.

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Numbers of refugee arrivals to Greece increase dramatically.

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Dozens of refugees arrived in Greece by sea last month, mainly from countries experiencing war and conflict.

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