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Some 438,000 Palestine refugees are in Syria. (Photo: Reuters/Omar Sanadiki)

Russia's war in Ukraine hitting Palestinian refugees

Russia's war in Ukraine is driving refugees in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan into further poverty.

Among them are Palestinians who are also facing rising food and energy prices, exacerbating already dire conditions.

The UN agency helping Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, says the war in Ukraine has also led to severe funding shortfalls in some of its core programmes.

The agency says it has only received 13.5 percent from a ...

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