International Committee of the Red Cross

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They didn't start the fire: Millennial views on war and peace

Syria: Civilians in urgent need of safety and life-saving assistance amidst unprecedented ...

News release

25-02-2020

An inevitable trajectory of humanitarian needs?

Statement

24-02-2020

Libya: Civilians face deep suffering from long conflict, as fighting forces schools and health ...

News release

13-02-2020

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Syria: A spike in civilian casualties, mass displacement in country’s northwest

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31-01-2020

Majority of millennials see catastrophic war as real possibility, and believe there should be ...

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16-01-2020

Ethiopia-Somalia: Climate change and violence trap millions in near-constant crisis

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15-01-2020

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No hospital. No medicine. No way to save mother or baby if anything goes wrong. Over 50% of women giving birth in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… #ICRC
Some #FridayFeeling from the team @CICR_Mali Crossing the Sahel dunes to deliver aid is no easy task...but teamw… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… #ICRC_uk
Could you live here? Conflict affects 1 in every 4 people in Libya. pic.twitter.com/FQuMLywmh3 #ICRC
The ICRC together with @voiceeu, @MSF, @RedCrossEU will present on Tuesday 3 March morning their perspectives on E… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… #ICRC_bxl
Libya has seen 9 years of conflict. What does that mean for the people who live there? pic.twitter.com/vf2XNOtg7C #ICRC_uk
NATO Secretary General welcomes the President of the ICRC at NATO Headquarters; 26 Feb. 2020. nato.int/cps/en/natohq/… #ICRC_bxl
They kill children. They kill soldiers. They kill women. They kill the elderly. They kill animals. They kill men.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… #ICRC
This is the worse displacement we've seen during the Syrian conflict. Hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… #ICRC
Hundreds of thousands of people in Libya need aid. 30% of them are children. Conflict ruins childhoods. pic.twitter.com/9Q4KYHNQEn #ICRC
Families in Idlib are desperately trying to seek shelter amid freezing winter conditions. Hundreds of thousands of… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… #ICRC_uk
Drinking Washing Cooking Cleaning Water is vital for life. But more than half of people in Yemen don’t have access to safe water. #ICRC_uk
What did we achieve in Israel and the occupied territories in 2019? All this (and more): pic.twitter.com/V6HQB7Cm3O #ICRC_ilot
What do you see? 1. Girls playing football? 2. A destroyed clinic? 3. Both? You need to see both and understand t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… #ICRC
None of us are immune from the risk of pandemics like #Coronavirus - but countries like #Afghanistan, where health… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… #YDaccordICRC
Dread sitting in one of these? We often take our access to dental care for granted, putting off dentist visits unti… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… #ICRC_my
Ethiopia Kenya Somalia South Sudan Uganda This is East Africa's worst outbreak of desert locusts fo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… #ICRC
“This is the worst wave of displacement we’ve seen during the Syrian conflict." - ICRC Director for Near and Middle… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… #ICRC_au
55% of people in South Sudan need aid. 65% of people in Syria need aid. 70% of people in Gaza need aid. 80% of peop… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… #ICRC
We’re looking forward to @PMaurerICRC's visit to Washington next week and his participation in the @World Bank… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… #ICRC_dc
Violence. Drought. Flooding. And now locusts. Communities in the Horn of Africa are facing the worst locust outbr… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… #ICRC_uk