Nearly half a million displaced Syrians have returned to their homes since the beginning of the year, mainly to find family members and check on property, the UN refugee agency said Friday. The agency said it had seen “a notable trend of spontaneous returns to and within Syria in 2017.” ...
UNICEF, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, said it was sending aids aid to Yemen, hoping to beat back the two-month cholera outbreak which has spread to 218,000 people. Three UNICEF charter planes have delivered 36 tons of lifesaving medical and water purification supplies to Yemen to scale up ...