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Syria now at a ‘dangerous tipping point,’ UN warns

04/02/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
The four-and-a-half-year old Syrian civil war has become an “unsustainable” humanitarian disaster that threatens soon to undermine the stability of neighboring countries such as Jordan and Lebanon, United Nations aid officials are warning. While the world’s wealthier countries this week…

Islamic State torturing, killing, raping children in Iraq; government must do more to help, UN says

02/05/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
ISIS is beheading, crucifying and burying alive children and families of religious minorities in Iraq, according to a UN report, which called on government forces there to do more to protect them. In a report issued Wednesday in Geneva, the…