Aya Batraoui
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1,547 appearances
186 recordings
2 series
first heard Nov 2024
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UNRWA Commissioner General Felipe Lazzarini says never in the U.N.
's history has an aid agency come under such attack.
He pointed to more than 390 UNRWA employees killed in Gaza by Israeli forces in the war, the bombing of UNRWA schools, and Israeli legislation that's closed its clinics and headquarters in Jerusalem.
Israel says 12 UNRWA staff, out of some 13,000 in Gaza, took part in the deadly Hamas-led attack on Israel in 2023.
Lazzarini says Israel's attacks on UNRWA are aimed at weakening Palestinian refugee rights.
He steps down from the agency as it also faces shortfalls from U.S.
funding cuts.
Aya Batraoui, NPR News, Dubai.
The World Food Program says there is a whole disruption in the global supply chain, with carriers not able to use the Strait of Hormuz and choosing not to use the Suez Canal through Egypt out of concerns of attacks on the Red Sea, too.
The agency says this is adding a month to shipping time and costing more because of spikes in fuel prices from the war.
The World Food Program says as people around the world pay more for fuel, more families will no longer be able to put food on the table.
The agency says some 45 million additional people will fall into acute hunger around the world if current conditions continue through June, reaching 363 million globally.
You know, you're never going to win long term on anger.
Desalination plants are vital for water-scarce Gulf Arab countries, drawing seawater and removing salts and minerals so the water can be used for drinking and basic needs.
The attack on Kuwait's power and water facility comes as Iranian media report power outages in parts of Tehran and another city from shrapnel that hit part of an electricity grid in Iran following U.S.-Israeli attack.
And after Israeli attacks caused extensive damage at two of Iran's largest steel plants, Iran carried out attacks on aluminum factories over the weekend in the United Arab Emirates in Bahrain.
Emirates Global Aluminum says the attack caused significant damage to its main facility in Abu Dhabi.
The company in January had announced a joint venture to build an aluminum smelter plant in Oklahoma to boost U.S.
production for national defense.
The UAE and Qatar host thousands of U.S.
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