Apr 05, 2018, at 03:38 pm
New York, Apr 5 (JEN): A senior United Nations official on Wednesday stressed the need for an independent investigation to determine who used chemical weapons in Syria, and called on the Security Council to show unity to not let the perpetrators get away with it.
Apr 05, 2018, at 03:32 pm
New York, Apr 5 (IBNS): In Syria, the mass evacuation of civilians is threatening to leave aid workers “overrun” and “acutely underfunded,” as details emerge of the unparalleled destruction in urban areas like the former ISIL-held city of Raqqa, UN senior adviser Jan Egeland said on Wednesday.
US might withdraw from Syria soon: Trump
Mar 30, 2018, at 03:23 pm
Washington, Mar 30 (IBNS): US President Donald Trump has said his nation might withdraw from war-torn Syria 'soon'.
‘When weapons speak, civilians pay the price,’ says UN aid chief as Syria war grinds on
Mar 28, 2018, at 02:46 pm
New York, Mar 28 (JEN): More than 1,700 people have reportedly been killed in military operations and airstrikes on Eastern Ghouta since late February, the United Nations aid chief said on Tuesday, describing the past few months of relentless bloodshed as “some of the worst yet” for civilians inside war-torn Syria.
Syria: Security forces liberate 6 detained people from terrorists
Mar 27, 2018, at 10:46 pm
Damascus, Mar 27 (IBNS): The Syrian Arab Army has liberated six people who were detained by terrorist groups in Erbin in Easter Ghouta region of the country, media reports said.
Use of chemical weapons, under any circumstances, unjustifiable and abhorrent – UN
Mar 23, 2018, at 02:35 pm
New York, Mar 23 (JEN): Alarmed at persistent reports of chemical weapons use in Syria, the United Nations Secretary-General has called on the Security Council to demonstrate unity and resolve in response to bringing to justice those who use.
Israel admits striking suspected Syrian nuclear reactor in 2007
Mar 21, 2018, at 10:55 pm
Jerusalem, Mar 21 (IBNS): Israel has admitted that in 2007 the country had destroyed a suspected nuclear reactor which was being built in Syria.
Displacement surges as twin military offensives drive thousands from Afrin and east Ghouta – UN
Mar 21, 2018, at 02:18 pm
New York, Mar 21 (JEN): The humanitarian crisis in Syria is reaching new peaks as hundreds of thousands of people flee the escalating fighting in Eastern Ghouta and Afrin, the latest flashpoints in the long-running conflict, United Nations relief agencies said Tuesday.
Thousands suffering amid harrowing conditions in east Ghouta and Afrin – UN
Mar 20, 2018, at 02:34 pm
New York, Mar 20 (JEN): The United Nations in Syria is appealing urgently for help to ease the catastrophic situation for tens for thousands of people impacted by fighting in Eastern Ghouta, outside Damascus, and the northern town of Afrin.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visits frontline area in Eastern Ghouta
Mar 19, 2018, at 03:11 pm
Damascus, Mar 19 (IBNS): Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited a frontline area in Damascus' Eastern Ghouta area on Sunday, media reports said.
Brief ceasefire in Douma only piece of good news for civilians in war-torn Syria, UN envoy says
Mar 17, 2018, at 02:18 pm
New York, Mar 17 (JEN): The United Nations mediator for the Syrian conflict told the Security Council on Friday that its three-week old demand for a ceasefire across the war-ravaged country was still not being implemented, and while progress had been made in in Douma in Eastern Ghouta, “the bottom line is, too many civilians are still suffering.”
As Syria conflict enters eighth year, UN agencies join call for peace and safe aid delivery
Mar 15, 2018, at 02:14 pm
New York, Mar 15 (JEN): Two United Nations relief agencies on Wednesday joined a chorus of international organizations and partners in the quest to end seven years of conflict in Syria, urging warring parties to allow humanitarian access for the delivery of life-saving assistance to those desperately in need.
Syria conflict: 2017 deadliest year for children, UN aid official reports
Mar 14, 2018, at 02:52 pm
New York, Mar 14 (JEN): More than 900 children in Syria were killed last year, making 2017 the deadliest year for children in the country’s ongoing conflict, a senior United Nations official told the Geneva-based Human Rights Council on Tuesday, warning that the grim statistics may only be the tip of the iceberg.
Syria ‘bleeding inside and out’ as conflict enters eighth year, says UN chief
Mar 13, 2018, at 02:21 pm
New York, Mar 13 (JEN): Despite a United Nations Security Council demand to institute a 30-day ceasefire across Syria, airstrikes, shelling and ground offensives have intensified in Eastern Ghouta, Secretary-General António Guterres reported Monday, warning that the conflict is entering its eighth year with the “grimmest” reality on the ground.
Syria: UN aid convoy returns to eastern Ghouta
Mar 10, 2018, at 02:49 pm
New York, Mar 10 (JEN): The United Nations and partners on Friday reached the Syrian city of Douma in Eastern Ghouta to complete distribution of food aid after intense shelling cut short deliveries to the war-torn enclave earlier this week.
Seven years of war in Syria has left ‘colossal human tragedy’ in its wake – UN refugee chief
Mar 10, 2018, at 02:35 pm
New York, Mar 10 (JEN): After seven years of brutal conflict in Syria, there are no clear winners, “but the losers are plain to see,” the United Nations refugee agency chief said Friday, describing the “colossal human tragedy” that has cost hundreds of thousands of lives, driven 6.1 million people from their homes and forced 5.6 million others to seek safety in neighbouring countries.
Fighting prevents UN and aid partners from returning to Syria’s war-battered east Ghouta
Mar 09, 2018, at 03:13 pm
New York, Mar 9 (JEN): Continuing fighting forced the postponement on Thursday of a United Nations inter-agency relief convoy to Douma, a neighborhood in Syria’s war-ravaged Eastern Ghouta, a UN spokesman reported.
Victims of Syrian conflict ‘denied any meaningful justice,’ says UN-mandated panel
Mar 07, 2018, at 02:32 pm
New York, Mar 7 (JEN): The brutal conflict in Syria has not only claimed civilians as unintentional victims but has seen all warring parties deliberately target them with complete impunity employing unlawful methods of warfare, a new report by a United Nations-mandated inquiry on the war-ravaged country has said.
UN food relief agency and partners deliver much-needed aid to Syria’s east Ghouta
Mar 06, 2018, at 02:07 pm
New York, Mar 6 (JEN): A United Nations-Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) humanitarian convoy arrived in the besieged Syrian enclave of Eastern Ghouta on Monday bringing life-saving aid to thousands of desperate people, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has reported.
Aid convoy for Eastern Ghouta should arrive on Monday, UN and partners announce
Mar 05, 2018, at 03:03 pm
New York, Mar 5 (JEN): The United Nations and its partners plan to deliver much-needed relief assistance to the besieged Syrian enclave of eastern Ghouta this week, the global organization’s humanitarian wing said on Sunday.
Mar 03, 2018, at 09:13 pm
New York, Mar 3 (JEN): War crimes, potentially crimes against humanity, are likely being committed in east Ghouta and elsewhere in Syria, and the United Nations human rights chief warned on Friday that the perpetrators of these acts must know they are being identified and will be held accountable.
UN ‘will not give up’ on push for ceasefire, says Syria envoy
Mar 02, 2018, at 02:19 pm
New York, Mar 2 (JEN): The United Nations mediator for the Syrian conflict on Thursday said the world body has not given up on the implementation of a recent Security Council resolution demanding a 30-day ceasefire across the war-ravaged country.
Mar 01, 2018, at 02:53 pm
New York, Mar 1 (JEN):Despite the Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire throughout Syria, violence continues to plague the war-ravaged country, worsening the humanitarian situation and the suffering of its people, top United Nations political and relief officials said Wednesday, calling on all parties to the conflict to “fulfil their obligations to end the fighting.”
Syria: ‘Actions, not words’ needed to save lives in East Ghouta – UN humanitarian wing
Feb 28, 2018, at 03:29 pm
New York, Feb 28 (JEN): Following Sunday’s military operations in Syria’s east Ghouta, which claimed 30 lives, including women and children, reliable reports indicate that fighting continued and that shelling between East Ghouta and Damascus was ongoing in both directions, the United Nations humanitarian wing reported Tuesday.
Syrian refugee children in Jordan deprived of the most basic needs – UNICEF
Feb 27, 2018, at 02:12 pm
New York, Feb 27 (JEN): Eighty five per cent of Syrian refugee children in Jordan are living below the poverty line and a staggering 94 per cent of those under five in “multidimensional” poverty, meaning that they are deprived of some of the most basic needs such as education, health or protection, an assessment by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has revealed.
Syria: US-led airstrikes kill 25 civilians
Feb 26, 2018, at 11:27 pm
Damascus, Feb 26 (IBNS): At least 25 civilians were killed as airstrikes by the US-led anti-terror coalition hit Deir al-Zour area in Syria, a monitor group reported on Monday.
Top UN officials urge stronger support for Syrians and host communities amid escalating violence
Feb 24, 2018, at 02:17 pm
UN chief ‘deeply alarmed’ by escalating hostilities in Syria’s east Ghouta
Feb 22, 2018, at 02:26 pm
New York, Feb 22 (JEN): Deeply alarmed by the escalating violence in Syria’s east Ghouta, the United Nations has reiterated a call for an end to hostilities so that the sick and wounded can be immediately evacuated and humanitarian aid deliveries can reach those in need.
Civilian situation in Syria’s east Ghouta ‘spiraling out of control,’ warns UN aid official
Feb 21, 2018, at 02:15 pm
New York, Feb 21 (IBNS): The humanitarian situation of civilians in Syria’s east Ghouta is spiraling out of control, a senior United Nation aid official has warned in the wake of escalating conflict which resulted in more than 40 civilian deaths on Monday alone.
Syria: Government strikes kill dozens of civilians in Ghouta
Feb 20, 2018, at 05:46 pm
Damascus, Feb 20 (IBNS): Dozens of civilians have been killed by strikes conducted by Syrian forces in Eastern Ghouta area outside Damascus, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.