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Mon, 23 Dec 2013 11:32 AM

A man runs after what activists said was heavy shelling by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad in Duma, Damascus, December 22, 2013.

Mon, 23 Dec 2013 11:11 AM

People walk past bloodstains as they inspect a site hit by what activists say are barrel bombs dropped by government forces at Maaret al-Naaman town in Idlib, December 23, 2013. REUTERS/Abdalghne Karoof (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)

Wed, 25 Dec 2013 10:06 AM

The Judean desert was full of perils and hardship for a 9-month pregnant Jewish woman struggling to reach Bethlehem for the Roman census. We follow that same female trek of endurance in our watch over Syrian refugees in Jordan, U.S. women in maternity wards.

Mon, 23 Dec 2013 08:48 AM

RUSSIA HAS SENT 75 TRUCKS AND ARMOURED VEHICLES TO SYRIA TO TRANSPORT CHEMICAL WEAPONS - RIA CITES RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINIST

Mon, 23 Dec 2013 07:42 AM

OMAN-IRAN/DIPLOMACY (ANALYSIS):ANALYSIS-Domestic concerns drive Oman's newly assertive foreign policy

Mon, 23 Dec 2013 19:30 PM

From the conflicts in Syria and Central African Republic to the super typhoon in the Philippines, 2013 threw up a challenging sequence of emergencies to WFP and its humanitarian partners. But there were also new findings about school meals and encouraging stories from former aid recipients. Here are 12 photos that look back on a year in WFP's fight against hunger.