Lebanon: Syrian refugee boy receives prosthetic legs
When Ahmad was only five years old, a mortar landed on his house in Idlib, Syria while he was playing in the garden and he immediately lost both his legs. …
When Ahmad was only five years old, a mortar landed on his house in Idlib, Syria while he was playing in the garden and he immediately lost both his legs. …
Mohammad and his family were forced to escape the conflict in Syria and seek refuge in Lebanon. With no access to health care, Mohammad was almost permanently paralysed after being seriously injured. …
22-12-2016 Damascus/Geneva: The operation to evacuate civilians and fighters from East Aleppo was finalized this evening, after a week marked by stops and starts and increasingly bad weather. Some …
After the distribution of vegetable seeds, food, and hygiene kits in October 2016, the ICRC team returned to the same villages to bring farm tools. The ICRC convoy went through rough terrains to …
Since 2009, the ICRC has been supporting residents of conflict-affected villages along the administrative boundary line in Georgia's Shida Kartli region, helping families rebuild livelihoods and …
Decades after the conflict in Viet Nam, explosive remnants of war continue to contaminate the land threatening people's lives and impeding development. More than 350,000 people are still listed as …
In the 50 years of the ICRC's presence in Cambodia, the organisation has been carrying out a wide range of activities in accordance with its mandate under the Geneva Conventions. It has supported the …
The ICRC has been present in Thailand for 40 years, carrying out a range of activities in South East Asia region to alleviate the suffering caused by conflict and other situations of violence in …
Ever wonder what we put in an emergency aid package? Our colleagues in Iraq break it down. As winter arrives in Iraq, over 3 million people are displaced , including over 100,000 people who have …
We have just updated the customary IHL database to include additional practice from Canada and India . The database contains: the 161 rules of customary IHL identified in the ICRC's 2005 customary …
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