Stephen O’Brien
Seven Million Yemenis Close To Starvation
Seven million Yemenis are closer than ever to starvation, the UN humanitarian coordinator in the country warned...
MSF Urges Aid Access In Yemen
Doctors Without Borders on Wednesday urged all warring parties in Yemen to allow aid deliveries, saying it had treated...
Heartbroken UN Chief Seeks Yemen Talks ‘resurrection’
A heartbroken United Nations chief on Sunday called for the "resurrection" of peace talks between Yemen's warring sides...
Food Crisis Could Become Famine This Year, UN Warns
The conflict-driven food crisis in Yemen could become a full-blown famine this year, the UN's humanitarian chief has...
Syria Conflict: Almost One Million Living Under Siege
The number of people living under siege in Syria has doubled this year to almost one million, the UN says. Emergency...
U.N. Aborts Plan To Evacuate Patients From Aleppo, Blames All Parties
The United Nations has abandoned plans to evacuate patients from besieged rebel-held east Aleppo which it had hoped to...
Iraq and Kurdish Troops Make Gains
Iraqi pro-government forces have made gains at the start of a large-scale operation to retake Mosul, the last major...
US ‘outraged’ Over Aid Convoy Attack
The US government has expressed "outrage" over an attack on an aid convoy near the Syrian city of Aleppo that, a war...
Hopes Fade For Truce As Violence Flares
A week-old truce in Syria brokered by the US and Russia appears close to unravelling, with alleged violations by...
US and Russia Agree Peace Moves
Russia and the US have announced an agreement on Syria starting with a "cessation of hostilities" from sunset on...