Seven Syrian troops killed in ambush in desert region
Jan 07, 2020, at 06:14 pm
Damascus/Xinhua/UNI: A bus transporting Syrian soldiers was ambushed on Tuesday morning in the desert of the eastern province of Deir al Zour, leaving seven soldiers killed and 14 others wounded.
UNICEF chief hopes 2020 will be 'a year of peace' for Syria’s children
Jan 03, 2020, at 09:52 am
New York/IBNS: Only an end to the war in Syria can bring safety to children there, the head of the UN child rights agency said on Thursday.
Almost 1,600 Syrians returned from Jordan, Lebanon in past 24 hrs: Russia
Jun 20, 2019, at 03:30 pm
Moscow, Jun 20 (Sputnik): Almost 1,600 Syrian refugees have returned to their home country from Jordan and Lebanon over the past 24 hours, the Russian defence ministry's Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides and Refugee Migration Monitoring said in its daily bulletin on Thursday.
Police nabs IS suspect in Germany
Oct 10, 2016, at 11:56 pm
Leipzig, Oct 10 (IBNS): A Syrian man arrested by German police following a two-day manhunt, had a probable IS link, BBC reported.
Syria: UN envoy urges ‘well prepared’ peace talks for concrete political transition
Jun 30, 2016, at 12:06 pm
New York, June 30 (Just Earth News):The United Nations envoy mediating a resolution to the crisis in Syria on Wednesday said that the next round of the intra-Syrian talks must be well prepared to ensure the possibility of moving forward with the decisive outcome of a political transition in August.
Syria: UN condemns camp bombing, underlines political solution ‘more urgent than ever’
May 07, 2016, at 01:09 pm
New York, May 7 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and other senior United Nations officials on Friday “unreservedly†condemned yesterday’s bombing of two camps for displaced people in Sarmada, located in north-western Syria, which according to early reports by first responders, killed around 30 civilians including children.
UN envoy ‘cautiously hopeful’ for re-launch of truce in Syria
May 04, 2016, at 01:39 pm
New York, May 4 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Following discussions in Moscow on the intra-Syria talks, the United Nations envoy facilitating the process has said that he is cautiously hopeful that the cessation of hostilities pact will be re-launched, “perhaps even later on Tuesday.â€
Hundreds evacuated from four besieged areas in Syria – UN mediator
Apr 22, 2016, at 01:50 pm
New York, Apr 22 (Just Earth News/IBNS): In what he called “modest but very real†progress on the humanitarian track of the crisis in Syria, the United Nations envoy for the country on Thursday reported that, among other steps, more than 500,000 civilians have been reached during the cessation of hostilities, and yesterday, some 500 people were medically evacuated from several besieged areas.
Apr 20, 2016, at 02:02 pm
New York, Apr 20 (Just Earth News/IBNS): With a cessation of hostilities largely holding in Syria, the situation is “encouraging,†but areas under siege remain particularly vulnerable, according to a senior United Nations humanitarian official.
UN food aid reaches besieged Syrian city of Deir Ezzor by air
Apr 11, 2016, at 12:50 pm
New York, Apr 11 (Just Earth News/IBNS): In a boost to international humanitarian efforts in Syria, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Sunday delivered aid by air for hungry people trapped in the besieged eastern city of Deir Ezzor, an area controlled by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh).
Political transition 'mother of all issues' for Syria talks – UN mediator
Mar 22, 2016, at 03:14 pm
New York, Mar 22 (Just Earth News/IBNS):The UN mediator for the intra-Syrian talks said on Monday that political transition is the “mother of all issues†in the ongoing peace negotiations involving the Government and the opposition.