US calls for nationwide ceasefire in Syria, condemns terror attack - State Department
Apr 29, 2020, at 01:10 pm
Washington/Sputnik/UNI: The United States condemns the recent terror attack in Syria and calls for a countrywide cessation in hostilities, State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus said in a statement.
Turkey-backed rebels kidnap 25 civilians in NE Syria
Apr 18, 2020, at 11:29 am
Damascus/Xinhua/UNI: The Turkey-backed Syrian rebels on Friday kidnapped 25 civilians in the northeastern province of Hasakah, state news agency SANA reported.
Syrian army brings reinforcement to battle zone with IS
Apr 10, 2020, at 04:32 pm
Damascus/Xinhua/UNI: The Syrian army on Friday brought in reinforcement to the desert region in eastern Syria as battles with Islamic State (IS) militants continued, a war monitor reported.
Syrian air force used deadly chemical weapons in 2017 attacks, UN watchdog finds
Apr 09, 2020, at 12:17 pm
New York/IBNS: The Syrian air force used deadly chemical weapons in three separate attacks in March 2017 on the central town of Ltamenah that affected a total of at least 106 people, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said in a report on Wednesday.
Syria: Warring parties failed to abide by international law over hospital attacks
Apr 07, 2020, at 12:09 pm
New York/IBNS: Parties to Syria’s brutal civil war, now in its tenth year, failed to abide by their obligations under international law to avoid attacks on hospitals and other civilian facilities that featured on the UN’s so-called deconfliction list, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday.
Tunnel network, militants' arms depots discovered in Syria's western Aleppo
Apr 03, 2020, at 07:05 pm
Kafr Naya, Syria/Sputnik/UNI: Residents of the Kafr Naya settlement in the western outskirts of Aleppo, which was cleared of militants by the Syrian army over a month ago, have found a network of underground tunnels and ammunition depots with foreign-made weapons.
COVID-19 crisis ‘unlike any we have dealt with’, as new tragedy looms for Syria
Apr 03, 2020, at 12:15 pm
New York/IBNS: The risk of the COVID-19 pandemic having a devastating impact on war-torn Syria is intensifying, where six million are displaced, living in conditions that make them particularly vulnerable to the deadly virus, the Senior Humanitarian Advisor to the UN Special Envoy to Syria warned on Thursday.
‘Immediate nationwide ceasefire’ needed for all-out effort to counter COVID-19 in Syria
Mar 31, 2020, at 04:47 pm
New York/IBNS: Syria is at “high risk” of being unable to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN Special Envoy for the country said on Monday, reiterating calls for a “complete, immediate nationwide ceasefire” to enable an all-out-effort to counter the march of the new coronavirus.
Twelve IS inmates escape prison in NE Syria
Mar 30, 2020, at 12:26 pm
Damascus/Xinhua/UNI: A total of 12 inmates of the Islamic State (IS) militant group escaped a prison run by Kurdish militia in Syria's northeastern province of Hasakah on Sunday, state TV reported.
Russia registers 1 ceasefire violation in Syria over past 24 hours - Defense Ministry
Mar 25, 2020, at 05:59 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: The Russian side of the Russian-Turkish commission monitoring the implementation of the Syrian truce has recorded one ceasefire violation in Syria over the past 24 hours, while the Turkish side has recorded two truce breaches, the Russian Defense Ministry said in its daily bulletin on Wednesday.
Enable ‘all out effort’ to counter COVID-19 in war-ravaged Syria, urges top UN envoy
Mar 25, 2020, at 11:33 am
New York/IBNS: The top United Nations envoy in Syria called on Tuesday for an immediate country-wide truce, allowing citizens to save lives and tackle the common threat presented by the COVID-19 coronavirus.
UNICEF sounds alarm over water cuts in Syria as efforts ramp up to prevent COVID-19 spread
Mar 24, 2020, at 06:16 pm
New York/IBNS: The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and its relief partners in Syria are warning that water disruptions in the country’s war-battered north-east could exacerbate risks posed by the global coronavirus pandemic.
Mar 17, 2020, at 10:32 am
New York/IBNS: The UN sexual and reproductive health agency UNFPA, is expressing increasing concern about the women and girls trapped in Syria’s dire and escalating humanitarian crisis, especially in the north-west, where hostilities have caused mass displacement, human suffering and damage to civilian facilities.
Lebanon to shut land borders with Syria over COVID-19 concerns
Mar 14, 2020, at 04:51 pm
Beirut/Xinhua/UNI: Lebanon informed Syrian authorities on Saturday that it will shut down land borders with Syria starting on Monday as a measure to restrict spread of COVID-19, according to local media reports.
As Syrian conflict enters 10th year, ‘brutal truth’ is, there is little protection for families
Mar 14, 2020, at 08:57 am
New York/IBNS: Although a fragile ceasefire agreed in northwest Syria is still holding, UN humanitarians on Friday warned of dire conditions for hundreds of thousands of civilians displaced by conflict, now in its tenth year.
War in Syria: 'Carnage', flouting of rights and international law, must stop: Guterres
Mar 13, 2020, at 09:15 am
New York/IBNS: UN agencies have underscored their commitment to continue supporting civilians affected by the war in Syria, which this month enters its tenth year. The Secretary-General issued a statement on Thursday, declaring that "we cannot allow the tenth year to result in the same carnage, the same flouting of human rights and international humanitarian law."
Erdogan invites Putin to participate in Syria's oil fields development
Mar 10, 2020, at 06:46 pm
Ankara/Sputnik: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he had invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to participate in Syria's oil fields development for boosting the Syrian economy.
Senior Iranian commander killed in Syria's capital
Mar 07, 2020, at 06:22 pm
Damascus/Xinhua/UNI: A senior Iranian revolutionary guard member was gunned down in the capital Damascus on Friday, a war monitor reported on Saturday.
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.
Syria: UN food relief agency ‘doing everything we can’ to reach Idlib civilians
Mar 05, 2020, at 02:33 pm
New York/IBNS: Difficult winter weather conditions, road congestion and military manoeuvres are restricting humanitarian aid delivery to desperate civilians in the Syrian province of Idlib, where a Government operation to weed out extremists has uprooted nearly one million people since December.
Mar 04, 2020, at 09:33 am
New York/IBNS: The United Nations is “determined to stand by” civilians across Syria’s war-torn northwest, as “a grave humanitarian crisis” continues, the UN emergency relief chief said on Tuesday.
Turkish air forces shoot down Syrian warplane in Idlib
Mar 03, 2020, at 05:12 pm
Damascus/Xinhua/UNI: A Turkish F-16 shot down a Syrian warplane in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib on Tuesday, a war monitor reported.
As children freeze to death in Syria, aid officials call for major cross-border delivery boost
Mar 03, 2020, at 09:56 am
New York/IBNS: Humanitarian assistance needs to be scaled up significantly to more than a million people displaced by fighting in northwest Syria, a senior UN aid official said on Monday, amid reports that children are freezing to death on the Turkish border.
Syrian army imposes no-fly-zone over Idlib
Mar 01, 2020, at 04:49 pm
Damascus/Xinhua/UNI: The Syrian army announced on Sunday imposing a no-fly-zone over the country's battlefield Idlib Province, saying any hostile aircraft will be targeted, according to the state news agency SANA.
Feb 29, 2020, at 11:12 am
New York/IBNS: With the Security Council meeting in emergency session on Syria following the death on the battlefield of dozens of Turkish troops, the UN strongly urged Russia and Turkey on Friday “to build on previous agreements to secure a fresh ceasefire” across the war-torn northwest.
‘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."
Airstrikes kill 34 Turkish soldiers in Syria's Idlib: monitor
Feb 28, 2020, at 12:36 pm
Damascus/Xinhua/UNI Airstrikes on rebel-held areas in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib on Thursday killed 34 Turkish soldiers, a war monitor reported.
Israeli army does not comment on reports about air strike on Syria's positions
Feb 28, 2020, at 12:26 pm
Tel Aviv/Sputnik/UNI: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) does not comment on foreign media reports about an attack by Israeli helicopters on Syrian positions, the IDF said.
Cross-border aid delivery in northwest Syria ‘absolutely essential’, Security Council hears
Feb 28, 2020, at 11:05 am
New Yor/IBNS: Cross-border humanitarian deliveries from Turkey last month reached more people in northwest Syria than at any time since operations began more than five years ago, the UN’s Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator told the Security Council on Thursday.
Battles rages in Syria's Idlib as rebels try to cut Damascus-Aleppo highway
Feb 27, 2020, at 06:38 pm
Damascus/Xinhua: Intense battles raged on Thursday as the rebels were attacking the key Saraqeb city in the countryside of the northwestern Idlib province that was recently captured by the Syrian army.