World News in Brief: Fighting intensifies in Syria’s Aleppo and South Sudan’s Jonglei state, acute hunger in Niger

Jan 9, 2026 - 01:00
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World News in Brief: Fighting intensifies in Syria’s Aleppo and South Sudan’s Jonglei state, acute hunger in Niger
Clashes between government troops and Kurdish forces have intensified in recent days and tens of thousands of people have been displaced.  Representatives of the Office of the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Syria continue to be in contact with all concerned parties, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists in New York.  Civilians killed, health facilities shuttered  The UN aid coordination […]