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On Wednesday, attacks on Al-Ikhlas Women’s and Children’s hospital in Shanan village, Ariha district, and Kafr Nabel’s Surgical hospital in Ma’aret Alnumaan district put the two health facilities in south rural Idlib out of service. UNICEF

Speakers call for accelerated progress in women, peace, security agenda, as Security Council concludes debate at 8649th resumed meeting.

The United Nations Security Council was briefed today on the Secretary-General’s annual report on the cooperation between the UN and the AU with regards to peace and security in Africa, which is described in the report as a “predictable and strategic partnership to address complex peace and security challenges in Africa.” UNIFEED

UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov told the Security Council that the occupation continues, and no progress has been made in realizing a negotiated two-state solution describing the situation as a “multi-generational tragedy for the peoples of this land.” UNIFEED

Trafficking in persons for sexual exploitation in (post-) conflict situations: integrating a comprehensive approach to trafficking in persons into the Women, Peace and Security agenda of the Security Council - Arria formula meeting.

UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths said there were signs of hope for the Yemeni people, but these are fragile and in need of our diligent care and attention. UNIFEED

After a closed-door meeting on Syria held on Wednesday, the UN Security Council issued a statement in which it “expressed deep concern over the risk of the dispersion of terrorists from UN designated groups including ISIL,” and it is also “very concerned over the risk of further deterioration of the humanitarian situation,” amid Turkey’s offensive into northeast Syria. UNIFEED

The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) said one week into the escalation of hostilities in northeast Syria, at least 160,000 people continue to flee their homes, nearly 70,000 of them are children. UNICEF

World Food Programme (WFP) is deeply concerned about the safety of civilians caught up in the violence as military operations continue across northeastern Syria, around the towns of Ras al-Ayn in Hasakeh and Tell Abyad in Raqqa. WFP

Amid ongoing fighting in northern Syria and disturbing reports that extrajudicial killings have been streamed online, the United Nations and their partners are continuing to deliver humanitarian supplies to tens of thousands of people displaced by the violence, UN agencies stressed on Tuesday. UNTV CH