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A twelve-year-old refugee student discovered a gift for mathematics thanks to his Lebanese professor. UNHCR

Amid concerns that a severe funding shortfall threatens the “most vulnerable” victims of the Syrian conflict, the United Nations warned today that a full-scale military offensive on Idlib risks creating the worst humanitarian tragedy of the 21st century. UNTV CH

Emergency food supplies for hundreds of thousands of people in Syria’s Idlib are ready for distribution in the event of mass displacement caused by a full-scale military offensive on the last opposition-held region, the World Food Programme (WFP) said today. UNTV CH

United States Ambassador Nikki Haley said President Donald Trump “is very adamant that we have to start making sure that Iran is falling in line with international order like every other country.” UNIFEED

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi wrapped his visit to the Middle East with a press conference in Beirut, Lebanon, where he said that the best solution for Syrian refugees remains voluntary repatriation, adding that people should not be forced to go back. UNHCR

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Unanimously adopting Resolution 2433 (2018), Security Council extends mandate of United Nations Force in Lebanon, calls on government to increase naval capacity at 8338th meeting.

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

In the north of Lebanon, a Syrian refugee is using a puppet show to teach refugee children about their country. UNHCR

The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced today that its schools would open on time for 526,000 Palestinian refugee students but warned that the agency was “by no stretch of the imagination out of the woods.” UNIFEED / FILE