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NEWS QUOTE: Save the Children calls for end to unlawful child rights violations amid unrest in Iran
Following reports that children have been killed, injured and detained in Iran, Ahmad Alhendawi, Save the Children's Regional Director for Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe, said:
CHILDREN IN GAZA FACE MORE STORMS AND DISEASE AS NEW YEAR STARTS
Children in Gaza have entered 2026 facing ongoing storms and flooding that have ripped tents and left them exposed to water-borne diseases with an urgent need for supplies to rebuild shelters, Save the Children said.
1,000 Days of Conflict: The silence is devastating - and it is failing Sudan’s children
Every minute on average, 8 people have been displaced from their homes in Sudan. This is 11,000 people every single day. Over 1,000 days, nearly 12 million people have been displaced – roughly equivalent to the entire population of Belgium – and one fifth of the population.
NEWS QUOTE: Amid a rise in violence in Aleppo, over 16,000 people fleeing the city
"In the last 24 hours the number of people forced to flee Aleppo has surged to over 16,000 people - half of these children"
FAMILIES FLEEING DR CONGO TO BURUNDI FACE HUNGER, COLD AND LOST SCHOOLING FOR CHILDREN - SAVE THE CHILDREN
Families fleeing conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are arriving in Burundi at overcrowded camps with nothing, leaving children hungry, traumatised, and at risk of disease.
YEAR IN REVIEW: Five climate disasters that disrupted children's lives in 2025
From heatwaves that forced schools to close to flash floods and storms that flattened infrastructure and pushed children and families to live in temporary shelters, children bore the brunt of climate disasters in 2025.
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SAVE THE CHILDREN CALLS FOR URGENT REVIEW OF NEW ISRAELI REGISTRATION RULES AFFECTING GAZA, WEST BANK
Save the Children is calling on the Government of Israel to urgently reconsider new registration rules for international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) that could undermine the delivery of life-saving humanitarian assistance.
NEWS QUOTE: Children in Ukraine face frigid winter weather this Christmas as latest attacks trigger massive power cuts
In response to the latest attacks in Ukraine ahead of the holidays, Ahmad Alhendawi, Regional Director for Save the Children in the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe, said: