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Shelling and clashes in northern Syria on the border with Turkey continue to cause hundreds of people to flee, the UN said, despite a cessation of hostilities deal between Turkish forces and Syrian-backed Kurdish military. UNTV CH

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

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

An alarmingly high number of children are suffering the consequences of poor diets and a food system that is failing them, UNICEF warned today in a new report on children, food and nutrition. UNICEF

With the escalation in hostilities in northeast Syria, families continue to flee their homes in Ras al-ain and Tal Abiad. Tal Tamar, 32 km south of Syria’s northern border, is one of three location, including Ar-Raqqa city and Hasakeh city, where families are seeking refuge. UNICEF

Airstrikes and a ground offensive by Turkey in northern Syria against Kurdish forces have left civilians dead and forced tens of thousands to flee, UN agencies said on Friday, amid fears of another “humanitarian catastrophe” in the war-torn country. UNTV CH

More than 67,000 girls between the ages of 6 and 17 years old from across Benin have this week received new shoes as part of a partnership with Batonga Foundation, UNICEF and TOMS. UNICEF

One thousand people have survived the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, marking an "important milestone,” a UN spokesperson told reporters in New York on Friday. UNIFEED

The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners launched an emergency vaccination campaign in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), to help contain world’s largest measles outbreak. WHO

The United Nations Emergency Ebola Response Coordinator, David Gressly, said the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is at “a more promising place than we certainly were a few months ago, when we saw a number of attacks against Ebola responders, particularly in the city of Butembo.” UNIFEED / FILE