Afghanistan : Militants suffer heavy casualties in Ghazni province
Jan 29, 2019, at 01:11 pm
Kabul, Jan 29 (IBNS) :Several anti-government armed militants have been killed or wounded during the separate operations, airstrikes, and clash in southeastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan.
UN chief calls for end to all armed clashes, airstrikes in Yemen
Dec 04, 2017, at 01:32 pm
New York, Dec 4(Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called on the parties to the conflict in Yemen to cease all air and ground assaults, expressing deep concern about the “sharp escalation” of armed clashes and airstrikes in the capital, Sana'a, and other parts of the war-torn country over the past several days.
Afghanistan: UN mission confirms at least 44 civilians killed, injured in latest airstrikes
Sep 02, 2017, at 05:01 am
New York, Sept 1(Just Earth News): At least 28 women and children were killed and an additional 16 injured in air strikes this week in Afghanistan, the United Nations political mission in the country said in initial findings of its probe into the deaths.
Syria: UN relief officials condemn targeting of civilians, infrastructure as airstrikes hit Raqqa
Aug 23, 2017, at 09:42 am
New York, Aug 23(Just Earth News): Senior United Nations humanitarian officials for Syria on Tuesday expressed deep concern over many civilians reportedly killed in airstrikes and other attacks in the last few days in Raqqa city, where coalition forces are fighting Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorists.
Yemen: Senior UN relief official voices concern at reports of airstrikes on civilians
Aug 08, 2017, at 01:09 pm
New York, Aug 8(Just Earth News): Expressing a deep concern about reports of airstrikes on civilians in Yemen's Sa'ada Governorate, a senior United Nations relief official has urged all parties to the conflict and those who influence and support them to uphold their responsibility under international humanitarian law to protect civilians.
Syria: As airstrikes hit Raqqa, UN sounds alarm over plight of civilians
Jun 07, 2017, at 05:48 am
New York, June 6(Just Earth News): The United Nations humanitarian wing on Tuesday said it is deeply concerned for the safety and protection of more than 400,000 civilians in Syria's war-torn Raqqa Governorate, “who continue to be exposed to daily fighting and airstrikes.â€
Syria: As airstrikes hit Raqqa, UN sounds alarm over plight of civilians
Jun 07, 2017, at 05:47 am
New York, June 6(Just Earth News): The United Nations humanitarian wing on Tuesday said it is deeply concerned for the safety and protection of more than 400,000 civilians in Syria's war-torn Raqqa Governorate, “who continue to be exposed to daily fighting and airstrikes.â€
Syria: UN aid officials urge end to airstrikes on hospitals
Apr 27, 2017, at 12:55 pm
New York, Apr 27(Just Earth News): Following reports of airstrikes that damaged hospitals in northern Syria, two senior United Nations humanitarian officials on Wednesday called for an end to such attacks.
Mosul: UN rights chief urges civilian protection as sniper fire, airstrikes kill dozens
Mar 29, 2017, at 01:53 pm
New York, Mar 29 (Just Earth News): The top United Nations human rights official on Tuesday deplored the massive loss of civilian lives in the western sections of Iraq’s Mosul city in recent days due to actions by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh) terrorists as well as airstrikes by the Government forces.
Ban concerned about intensification of airstrikes and ground fighting in Yemen
Jan 09, 2016, at 02:28 pm
New York, Jan 9 (Just Earth News/IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday said he is "deeply concerned" about the intensification of Saudi-led coalition airstrikes and ground fighting and shelling in Yemen, despite repeated calls for a renewed cessation of hostilities.
Iran blames Saudi Arabia for airstrikes on their Yemen embassy
Jan 08, 2016, at 12:37 am
Sana'a/Tehran, Jan 7 (IBNS) Iran blamed Saudi Arabia for violating International rules and launching an airstrike on their Yemen embassy in Sana'a on Thursday which reportedly injured some staffs, according to reports.
Yemen's civilian casualties top 8,100 as airstrikes and shelling continue, UN reports
Jan 06, 2016, at 02:13 pm
New York, Jan 6 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Civilians are suffering a "terrible toll" in the fighting tearing Yemen apart, with casualties now topping 8,100, nearly 2,800 of them killed, amid Saudi-led coalition airstrikes, shelling by Houthi groups and other clashes, the United Nations reported on Tuesday.
Yemen: Ban calls for investigation after Saudi-led airstrikes destroy health clinic
Dec 04, 2015, at 02:52 pm
New York, Dec 4 (Just Earth News/IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the airstrikes carried out on Wednesday by the Saudi-led Coalition on a mobile health clinic run by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Taiz city, Yemen, which injured seven people and destroyed the clinic.