Now is the time to push for political resolution in Syria: UN envoy
Sep 29, 2021, at 07:11 pm
New York: Following a decade of appalling suffering and losses in Syria, and amid a current period of relative calm, now is the time to push for a political process to end the fighting, UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen told the Security Council on Tuesday.
Syria committed to ‘combating and eradicating terrorism’, General Assembly hears
Sep 28, 2021, at 11:02 pm
New York: In his speech to the high-level debate at the UN General Assembly on Monday, Fayssal Mekdad, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Syria, reaffirmed his country’s commitment to combat terrorism and aim to ‘restore security and stability’.
Syria: 10 years of war has left at least 350,000 dead
Sep 25, 2021, at 07:01 pm
New York: A decade of war in Syria has left more than 350,200 people dead, High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet told the Human Rights Council on Friday, noting that this total was an “under-count of the actual number of killings”.
On Afghanistan, Qatar calls for separating aid from political differences
Sep 22, 2021, at 09:19 pm
New York: The international community must continue to support Afghanistan, the Emir of the State of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, told the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, warning against potential boycott in the wake of the Taliban takeover.
After 10 years of war in Syria, siege tactics still threaten civilians
Sep 15, 2021, at 04:22 pm
New York: The future for Syria’s people is “increasingly bleak”, UN-appointed rights experts said on Tuesday, highlighting escalating conflict in several areas of the war-ravaged country, a return to siege tactics and popular demonstrations linked to the plummeting economy.
Syria: Prevent ‘entire generation from being lost’, urges UN humanitarian chief
Sep 06, 2021, at 09:32 pm
New York: Some 13.4 million Syrians throughout the beleaguered country are in need of assistance, the UN humanitarian office said on Saturday, calling for “greater access and expanded funding”, to better help them.
Militants attack Syrian public agencies, army in Daraa, kill 4 soldiers, says Russian Military
Sep 01, 2021, at 02:52 pm
Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: The situation in the Syrian province of Daraa significantly deteriorated, terrorists attacked state institutions and the local army, killing four soldiers and wounding eight more, Rear Adm. Vadim Kulit, the deputy head of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties in Syria, said on Tuesday.
Civilians in southern Syria ‘under siege’ – UN human rights chief
Aug 07, 2021, at 12:02 am
New York: The top UN rights official once more sounded the alarm on Thursday over the plight of civilians in Syria, as intense fighting and indiscriminate shelling by Government forces and armed opposition groups paralyze neighbourhoods in and around the southern city of Daraa.
Work still remains on destruction of Syria chemical weapons
Aug 06, 2021, at 10:50 pm
New York: Identifying perpetrators of chemical weapon attacks, and holding them accountable, must remain a priority, a senior UN official said on Wednesday during the latest Security Council meeting on Syria.
China tries to find opportunities as Syrian economy lies in ruins
Jul 23, 2021, at 09:06 pm
The Chinese government is trying to find some opportunities in the Syrian economy which is fast crumbling.
Terrorists shell Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone 28 times: Russian Military
Jul 19, 2021, at 02:45 pm
Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: The Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group (also known as the Nusra Front, banned in Russia) shelled Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone 28 times over the past 24 hours, the deputy head of the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria, said on Sunday.
Explosion rocks US military base in Syria
Jul 11, 2021, at 11:44 pm
Damascus: An explosion rocked a US military base in the Syrian province of Deir ez-Zor on Sunday, media reports said.
US Defense official confirms American forces came under attack in Syria, no casualties
Jul 11, 2021, at 04:10 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: A Pentagon official confirmed to Sputnik on Saturday that US forces came under attack in Syria’s Conoco, with no casualties reported.
Syria: ‘Gulf of mistrust’, complex realities, prevent political progress
Jun 26, 2021, at 10:06 pm
Progress towards resolving Syria’s decade-long war is unlikely, given the ‘gulf of mistrust’ among parties and complexity of conditions on the ground, the chief UN mediator for the country told the Security Council on Friday, as he urged delegates to unite around elements of resolution 2254 (2015) and called for a new international dialogue to achieve a breakthrough.
Syria’s last cross-border aid lifeline must stay open, insist UN humanitarians
Jun 26, 2021, at 03:11 pm
New York: The imminent closure of the last cross-border aid lifeline to northwest Syria must be postponed beyond the 10 July deadline, UN humanitarians said on Friday, noting that no cross-line supplies had reached Idlib from Damascus, in 11 months.
UN strongly condemns ‘appalling’ attack on Syrian hospital
Jun 15, 2021, at 09:06 pm
New York: Senior UN officials have condemned a deadly attack on a hospital in Syria this past weekend, underlining the need for accountability for crimes committed in the country’s decade-long war.
Accountability crucial to ‘truly relegate’ Syria chemical weapons to history
Jun 05, 2021, at 02:43 pm
New York: Until those responsible for any and all chemical weapons use in Syria are held responsible, the global community will continue sending a message of impunity, the senior UN disarmament official warned the Security Council on Thursday.
Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone shelled 46 times in past day: Reconciliation Center
Jun 01, 2021, at 05:54 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: The Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group (banned in Russia) shelled Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone 46 times over the past 24 hours, Rear Adm. Alexander Karpov, deputy head of the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria, said at a briefing.
Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone shelled 40 times in past day: Reconciliation Center
May 25, 2021, at 03:32 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: The Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group (banned in Russia) shelled Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone 40 times over the past 24 hours, Rear Adm. Alexander Karpov, deputy head of the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria, said at a briefing.
Israeli air strike on Syria's Latakia province kills civilian: Reports
May 05, 2021, at 02:42 pm
Beirut/Sputnik: A civilian was killed and two others were injured in an Israeli air strike on civilian targets in the Syrian province of Latakia, Syrian state television station Al Ikhbariya reported.
Reconciliation center says terrorists shelled Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone 22 times
Apr 14, 2021, at 03:30 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Rear Adm. Alexander Karpov, deputy head of the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria, said at a briefing that the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group (banned in Russia) had shelled Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone 22 times over the past 24 hours.
‘Reasonable grounds’ to believe Syrian military helicopter deployed chemical weapon: OPCW
Apr 13, 2021, at 04:37 pm
New York: A report released on Monday by the body dedicated to freeing the world of chemical weapons, concludes that there are “reasonable grounds” to believe that a Syrian military helicopter carried out a chemical attack on the town of Saraqib, in 2018.
‘No respite’ for civilians in Syria, UN officials urge international support
Mar 30, 2021, at 05:46 pm
New York: Senior United Nations officials have called on the international community to step up funding for relief programmes supporting millions of people in Syria and the region, who depend on the life-saving assistance and livelihood support after a decade of brutal conflict.
Syria’s decade of conflict takes massive toll on women and girls
Mar 17, 2021, at 08:49 pm
New York: This week, Syria marks a grim anniversary: 10 years since the start of the country’s grinding conflict. Today, one decade into the catastrophe, about half the country’s population has been uprooted, with some 12 million people internally displaced or living as refugees.
Ten years on, Syrian crisis ‘remains a living nightmare’: UN Secretary-General
Mar 11, 2021, at 11:23 pm
New York: Secretary-General António Guterres has underlined the UN’s determination to continue pursuing a negotiated political settlement to the Syrian civil war, a “living nightmare” that has endured for 10 years now.
Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone shelled 18 times in past day: Reconciliation Center
Mar 10, 2021, at 03:09 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: The Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group (banned in Russia) shelled Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone 18 times over the past 24 hours, Rear Adm.
Over 500 people protest in Syria against militant groups : Reconciliation Center
Mar 08, 2021, at 02:31 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Over 500 people attended a protest rally in Syria's Idlib against illegal armed groups, but the demonstration was suppressed by militants, Rear Adm. Alexander Karpov, deputy head of the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria, said on Sunday.
Fate still unclear of ‘tens of thousands’ of civilian detainees in Syria
Mar 02, 2021, at 04:26 pm
New York: The fate of tens of thousands of civilians being held in Syria’s “notorious” prisons or detention centres is still unclear, 10 years after the country’s civil war began, UN investigators said on Monday.
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.
US carries out airstrikes in Syria on Iran-backed militias after Prez Biden nod
Feb 26, 2021, at 08:33 pm
Washington DC: Following orders from US President Joe Biden, the US Military carried out airstrikes 'against infrastructure utilized by Iranian-backed militant groups in eastern Syria', a Pentagon release said.