Red Cross

The Ministry of Health said the new facility will provide quality services and easy access to these services.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), on Monday, warned that essential services are at a breaking point in Sudan due to the ongoing conflict, Anadolu Agency reports....

The International Committee of the Red Cross has said that there are about 16 million refugees in the Arab world due to ongoing conflicts, the most recent of which...

Palestinian rights groups yesterday called for the formation of an international probe into the death of Palestinian hunger striker Khader Adnan inside Israeli jails. Lawyer Yasser Al-Dirawi, from the...

Yemen's Houthi group yesterday announced its readiness to carry out mutual visits to prisoners it is detaining and those being held by the internationally-backed government, Anadolu news agency reported....

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has called on Sudan's conflicting military rivals to facilitate humanitarian work amid ongoing clashes, Anadolu News Agency reports. In a statement,...

A prisoner swap between the internationally-recognised Yemeni government and Houthi forces has been completed, raising hopes for a permanent ceasefire and an end to the 8-year conflict in Yemen. Yemeni government forces have been backed by a Saudi-led coalition in a fight against the Houthis. The prisoner swap took place as all of the warring parties sat down in the capital Sanaa to discuss lasting peace on the Arabian Peninsula.

The implementation of the prisoner exchange deal began in Yemen on Friday, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Anadolu News Agency reports. "Today, the process...

Due to budget shortages, the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) announced, on Tuesday, the shutting down of two minor offices in Gaza city of Khan Younis and...

The Yemeni government said, Tuesday, the prisoner exchange process with the Houthis will begin on Thursday, 13 April, Anadolu News Agency reported, citing an unnamed government source. The source...

Palestinians staged a rally in Gaza City on Monday to show support for detainees in Israeli prisons, Anadolu News Agency reports. The rally comes as detainees plan to launch...

The Red Cross has warned that urgent action is needed to prevent the collapse of water systems in northwest Syria following the deadly earthquakes that hit the country on...

Israeli occupation forces on Friday shot a Palestinian child in the head during a raid of the Aqbat Jabr refugee camp in Jericho, east of the occupied West Bank....

The US' destructive wars on Muslim countries launched in the wake of 9/11 under the misplaced rubric known notoriously as the "War on Terror" spawned senseless deaths and bloodshed...

There are currently six Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike, protesting against the condition of their detention

The family of Palestinian prisoner, Ahmed Manasra, yesterday called for his "immediate release due to his deteriorating health and psychological condition." "The psychological and physical health of my son...

The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen announced on Friday that it transferred more than 100 released prisoners to Yemen, in coordination with the International Committee of the Red Cross, as...

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) revealed yesterday that 8.5 million Iraqis live among deadly mines and unexploded remnants of war. "Iraq is one of the most...

On Thursday, the Sahrawi Red Crescent sent an urgent appeal calling on the United Nations and humanitarian organisations to provide urgent assistance to Sahrawi refugees in order to cover...

Save the Children has said that foreign kids related to extremist fighters and held in refugee camps in northeast Syria could be stuck there for 30 years if repatriations...

The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO)-run Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees' Affairs on Friday called on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to visit women prisoners in Israel's...

The two global Red Cross societies, on Thursday, expressed alarm at the "humanitarian tragedy" unfolding at the borders between Belarus, Poland and Lithuania, as thousands of migrants hoping to...

What does the Palestinian Authority care about the conditions of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails? If the rhetoric of Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh is all we have to go...

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) revealed on Friday that three million Yemeni children are unable to enrol in education this year due to the ongoing conflict...

The fifth annual men's wheelchair basketball tournament kicked off yesterday in the northern Gaza Strip after a hiatus of nearly 18 months due to the coronavirus and the Israeli...

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki yesterday called on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to urgently intervene to save the life of detainee  Al-Ghadanfar Abu Atwan, who has been on hunger strike for 65 days....

The Houthis are ready to exchange all prisoners with the Yemeni government, the group's Al-Masirah TV reported the head of the Prisoner Affairs Committee saying yesterday. According to the channel, Abdul...

At least 43 migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy, while another 84 were rescued, the Tunisian Red...

The Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Wednesday that the Palestinian civilian casualties of the latest Israeli offensive against the besieged Gaza Strip...

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Friday expressed its "grave concern" over the escalation of violence in the governorate of Marib, which has been witnessing intense...

On Sunday, Iraq handed over to Iran the remains of 55 soldiers killed during the 1980-88 war between the two countries. Kazim Yasseri, director of the Shalamcheh border crossing...

Yemen's Houthi rebels said Sunday they are ready to exchange all prisoners with the Yemeni government, one day after a major prisoner swap between the two warring rivals, Anadolu Agency...