UN refugee agency warns funding cuts may leave 11 million without aid
Crisis compounded after United States, which provided 40 percent of UNHCR funding last year, slashed its contribution.
![A Syrian Druze woman who crossed to the village Majdal Shams in the Israel-annexed Golan Heights the day before, waves as she makes her way back to neighbouring Syria, on July 17, 2025. Syrian government forces have withdrawn from the whole of Sweida province after days of sectarian bloodshed in the heartland of the Druze minority, a war monitor and witnesses said July 17, 2025. [Jalaa Marey/AFP] (AFP)](/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/AFP__20250717__672A4GR__v1__HighRes__IsraelSyriaGolanConflictDruze_cropped-1752762275.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Here are the key events on day 1,239 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Syria condemned Israeli attacks calling them a dangerous ‘escalation’ following days of unrest in Suwayda.
Israel continues to bomb Syria, ostensibly to support Druze forces in the southwest, even after ceasefire is declared.
Israel has bombed Syria saying it is acting to ‘protect’ Syria’s Druze minority.
With the Russia-Ukraine war on its doorstep, Europe promises to increase spending on rearmament despite some scepticism.
Russia’s approach is to ‘keep calm and carry on’ in the face of Trump’s threats over Ukraine war, experts say.
US president’s remarks follow report saying he encouraged Kyiv to step up strikes inside Russian territory.
The Israeli bombings come after the Syrian government and a Druze leader both said the truce had been broken.
Here are the key events on day 1,238 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
The 2021 incident was ‘intentional and targeted killing’ of three clearly identified aid workers, says medical charity.
