Dec 11, 2024, at 12:27 pm
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday claimed the collapse of former President Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria was masterminded by the United States and Israel.
Syria crisis intensifies in shadow of Gaza war
Apr 26, 2024, at 09:59 pm
The war in Gaza continues to cast a dark shadow over the wider Middle East region, in particular Syria where a series of strikes and attacks are exacerbating an already dire humanitarian situation, the UN Special Envoy for the country said on Thursday.
Syria still mired in division, top UN envoy tells Security Council
Jul 25, 2023, at 10:59 pm
New York: Months of “potentially significant diplomacy” to resolve the crisis in Syria have not yielded any outcomes or political momentum for the war-weary population, both within the country and those displaced outside, the UN Special Envoy for the country said on Monday.
Syrians facing ‘ever worsening’ conditions, top UN officials warn
Jun 30, 2023, at 10:33 pm
New York: Syrians are facing an “ever worsening humanitarian crisis” amid the ongoing 12-year-long conflict, top UN officials told the Security Council on Thursday, as the General Assembly adopted a resolution to create a first-of-its-kind institution to address the issue of more than 100,000 people still missing in the country.
Russia, Iran discuss bilateral ties, Syrian crisis over telephone call
Jan 12, 2023, at 05:26 pm
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi discussed bilateral relations and the situation in Syria in a phone call.
Syria: Chemical weapons pose unacceptable threat, and are a ‘danger to us all’
Jan 06, 2023, at 08:51 pm
Any use of chemical weapons anywhere is simply “unacceptable”, the deputy head of the UN Disarmament Affairs office (UNODA) told the Security Council on Thursday, briefing on efforts to eliminate the scourge from the battlefields and towns of Syria.
Syria: Needs rise amid deepening humanitarian and economic crisis
Dec 23, 2022, at 09:29 pm
Humanitarian needs in Syria have reached their worst levels since conflict began nearly 12 years ago, the Security Council heard on Wednesday.
Syria: Security Council extends cross-border aid delivery for six months
Jul 13, 2022, at 09:47 pm
The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution to extend lifesaving aid deliveries into northwest Syria from Türkiye for a further six months following a vote on Tuesday.
Syria: Guterres underlines ‘moral imperative’ to continue cross-border aid operation from Türkiye
Jun 21, 2022, at 11:23 pm
New York: With humanitarian needs in Syria at their highest levels since the start of the civil war more than 11 years ago, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appealed on Monday for the Security Council to renew a resolution on delivering lifesaving aid to millions in northwest Syria, through cross-border operations from neighbouring Türkiye.
Syria: ‘Largest-ever number’ in need, warns UN relief chief
May 21, 2022, at 10:22 pm
New York: With a scorching summer fast approaching, food prices rising and access to water and electricity limited in many parts of Syria, donors must make good on $4.3 billion in humanitarian pledges committed at last week’s Brussels funding conference, the UN’s senior humanitarian official told the Security Council on Friday.
Rights chief highlights urgent need for action over thousands missing in Syria
Apr 09, 2022, at 05:51 pm
New York: Twelve years into the war in Syria, thousands of families “remain in the dark” when it comes to the fates of their missing relatives, UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet told the General Assembly on Friday.
Syria: Rights experts call for humanitarian access to detained children
Apr 02, 2022, at 11:05 pm
New York: Humanitarians must have full and unimpeded access to children arbitrarily held in detention centres in northeast Syria, a group of independent UN human rights experts said on Friday.
Syria: Progress still possible, following ‘disappointment’ over constitutional talk
Oct 29, 2021, at 10:11 pm
New York: Although the outcome of the latest meeting of the Syrian Constitutional Committee was “a disappointment”, members must continue their vital work, the UN Special Envoy for the country said in a briefing to the Security Council on Wednesday.
Four children killed on their way to school in northwest Syria
Oct 22, 2021, at 07:53 pm
New York: Four children – three boys and a girl - were killed on Monday morning while travelling to school in northwest Syria, along with a teacher, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday.
UNICEF urges repatriation of all children in Syria’s Al-Hol camp following deadly fire
Mar 01, 2021, at 05:35 pm
New York: The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Sunday urged all countries to repatriate and safely reintegrate their young nationals being held at Syria’s largest camp for refugees and internally-displaced, following a deadly weekend fire at Al-Hol camp which saw at least three children die, and another 15 injured.
Without ‘constructive international diplomacy’ Syria’s peace process will not move forward
Feb 10, 2021, at 05:02 pm
New York: The UN Special Envoy for Syria said there had to be “constructive international diplomacy” if the peace process is to move forward in any way, appearing before the Security Council behind closed doors on Tuesday.
Mar 06, 2020, at 10:14 am
New York/IBNS: The UN Secretary-General said on Thursday that he hoped the latest ceasefire agreement between Russia and Turkey to end fighting across Syria’s stricken Idlib region, would finally lead to “an immediate and lasting cessation”, that would protect civilian lives.
‘Mayhem’ in Syria’s Idlib amid ongoing violence, as Guterres urges immediate ceasefire
Feb 29, 2020, at 10:25 am
New York/IBNS: Rapidly escalating conflict in northwest Syria has created healthcare “mayhem”, amid reports of displaced people moving closer to the Turkish border in search of shelter, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, as the UN Secretary-General appealed for all warring parties to "step back from the edge of further escalation."
UN chief appeals for end to Syria’s ‘man-made humanitarian nightmare’
Feb 22, 2020, at 10:38 am
New York/IBNS: In a tersely delivered statement on Friday, the UN Secretary-General appealed for an end to the “man-made humanitarian nightmare” currently unfolding in Syria, where ongoing military operations in the north-west have displaced hundreds of thousands amid bitter winter temperatures.
Syrian army completely secures Aleppo city from rebels' shelling
Feb 18, 2020, at 05:10 pm
Damascus/Xinhua/UNI: The Syrian government forces on Monday said that Syria's northern city Aleppo has been finally made safe from shelling after a wide-scale military operation, saying that dozens of villages and towns returned under government control as a result of the current military operation..
Syria: UN health agency highlights ‘critical health threats’ facing Idlib civilians
Feb 04, 2020, at 10:04 am
New York/IBNS: The World Health Organization (WHO) raised the alarm on Monday over critical health threats facing hundreds-of thousands of Syrians forced to flee due to intensified hostilities in Syria’s northwest, where health facilities and workers have increasingly come under attack.
Syrian conflict has ‘erased’ children’s dreams: new UN report
Jan 17, 2020, at 10:16 am
New York/IBNS: Nearly nine years of conflict in Syria have robbed boys and girls of their childhood and subjected them to “unabated violations of their rights”, including being killed, maimed, displaced, forced to fight or subjected to torture, rape and sexual slavery.
Almost 1,000 civilians leave Idlib De-escalation zone on Monday - Russian Military
Jan 14, 2020, at 09:50 am
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: A total of 983 civilians left terrorist-controlled territory in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib on Monday through two newly-established humanitarian corridors, Maj. Gen. Yuri Borenkov, the commander of the Russian center for Syrian reconciliation, reported.
Syria: Lack of consensus following face-to-face talks, underscores need for broader process
Dec 21, 2019, at 08:53 am
New York/IBNS: The second session of the Syrian Constitutional Committee, aiming to create a new post-war political road map for the country, failed to get off the ground due to lack of consensus over the agenda, the UN Special Envoy for the country told the Security Council on Friday.
Life for civilians in Syria ‘worse than when the year began’
Dec 20, 2019, at 08:18 am
New York/IBNS: The humanitarian situation facing civilians in many parts of Syria is “worse than when the year began”, the UN deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator told the Security Council on Thursday.
Renewal of cross-border aid operation critical to northern Syria: UN relief chief
Nov 15, 2019, at 10:20 am
New York/IBNS: The top UN humanitarian official was in the Security Council on Wednesday to appeal for the renewal of an operation that delivers life-saving food and other aid relief to some four million civilians in northern Syria.
Assad says top US officials admitted supporting Al-Qaeda, making it proxy in Syrian war
Nov 11, 2019, at 05:36 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Top government officials in the United States admitted long ago their support of al-Qaeda terrorist organization (banned in Russia), which has grown to be a US proxy in its fight against other countries, Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an interview with the RT broadcaster.
Over 800 Syrians return home from Jordan, Lebanon over past 24 hours: Russian Military
Nov 10, 2019, at 04:43 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: More than 800 Syrian refugees have returned to their home country from neighboring Jordan and Lebanon over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides and Refugee Migration Monitoring said on Sunday.
Hundreds of thousands of civilians at risk in Syria amid ongoing violence in northeast and northwest
Nov 09, 2019, at 09:12 am
New York/IBNS: Almost daily violence targeting built-up areas and health facilities in Syria continues to threaten the lives of civilians there, UN rights experts and humanitarians said on Friday.
One killed in militant shelling of Syria's northwestern city of Aleppo - Reports
Nov 07, 2019, at 08:51 am
Damascus/Sputnik/UNI: Militants have shelled several districts of Syria's northwestern city of Aleppo, national media reported, adding that one civilian was killed and several others were injured in the attack.