U.N. office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Israel on Monday pressed its attacks on the Gaza Strip on the war's one-year milestone in the beleaguered Palestinian enclave, with Tel Aviv expanding its ground incursion into Lebanon.

A ship carrying over 2,400 tons of humanitarian aid left the Turkish port of the southern province of Mersin on Saturday, bound for the war-torn African nation of Sudan.

Andrea de Domenico, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Humanitarian Affairs Coordinator in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, has reported that 9 out of 10 people in Gaza have been displaced at least once.

Speaking to journalists via an online link from Jerusalem, de Domenico emphasized the severe and continuous displacement crisis in the region.

Turkey on Dec. 26 condemned a deadly attack by the Boko Haram terror group in Nigeria that claimed over a dozen lives.

"We are deeply saddened to receive the news that many people lost their lives in a terrorist attack that took place in Baga region of Nigeria targeting the convoy of Borno Governor," Turkey's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

An estimated 170,000 of the 900,000 civilians forced from their homes in a massive wave of displacement in northwestern Syria are living out in the open, the U.N. said on Feb. 20.    

The largest displacement since the civil war in Syria broke out nearly nine years ago comes in the thick of winter, with temperatures often dipping below zero Celsius and snow covering some districts.  

Turkey on Feb. 17 condemned a terrorist attack that killed at least 24 people when gunmen attacked a church in northern Burkina Faso.

"We condemn this terrorist attack. We extend our sincere condolences to the brotherly Government and people of Burkina Faso as well as to the families and relatives of those who lost their lives," Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

A nationwide cease-fire brokered by the United States and Russia was mostly holding across Syria yesterday and efforts to deliver badly needed aid to besieged areas including the northern city of Aleppo got cautiously underway. 

Thousands of South Sudanese have fled fighting and extreme hunger in recent weeks, the United Nations says in a report, as leaders struggle to honor a peace deal on the ground.

A first convoy of humanitarian aid crossed into Syria from Turkey on July 24, under a new U.N.-authorized plan to send relief without Damascus' approval.
      
"Nine trucks crossed at Bab al-Salam into Syria this morning," said Amanda Pitt of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).