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May 22 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
“Our teams... are providing emergency medical treatment, carrying out trauma surgery, c-sections, & running mobile clinics for displaced people. We are treating...diseases, providing maternal & pediatric healthcare, & responding to surging rates of malnutrition...” - @avrilbenoit
“Since the armed conflict... broke out in April 2023, what was a collection of localized humanitarian crises quickly evolved into an all-consuming humanitarian catastrophe." - @avrilbenoit @MSF_USA
The @TLHumanRights hearing on the state of human rights in the MENA region ten years after the Arab Spring is live now. Watch below:
.@RepMcGovern: "When I look at the Middle East, I also see the many brave young people who have risked their lives to imagine a different world for themselves... I see the women who took leadership roles in the Arab Spring."