Aid groups crippled by foreign aid cuts plead for funds as Middle East humanitarian crisis grows

Humanitarian organizations under intense strain because of the US' steep cuts to foreign aid say they are scrambling to find the funds needed to respond to the war in the Middle East, where millions of people have already been displaced by the widening conflict. US President Donald Trump’s decision last year to dissolve the US Agency for International Development — once the world’s leading donor of humanitarian assistance — forced aid groups around the world to fire tens of thousands of staffers

By The Korea Herald