Toxic gas attack in Syria leaves over 100 people hospitalised
Nov 25, 2018, at 06:15 pm
Aleppo, Nov 25 (IBNS): At least 107 people were hospitalised after a toxic gas attack hit government-controlled city of Aleppo in Syria, local media reports said on Sunday.
Nov 20, 2018, at 09:14 am
New York, Nov 20 (IBNS): It “may not” be possible to form an inclusive and legitimate constitutional committee in Syria – a way out of the years long crisis plaguing the country – the United Nations negotiator for the conflict-ridden nation has warned.
Nov 16, 2018, at 10:17 am
New York, Nov 16 (IBNS): Following successful delivery of lifesaving aid to tens of thousands of displaced Syrians in the ‘desolate’ area around Rukban camp last week, the United Nations is working urgently to send another convoy of supplies by mid-December, Jan Egeland, Senior Advisor to the UN Special Envoy on Yemen told reporters on Thursday.
Humanitarian aid convoy to Syria’s Rukban camp: Mission Accomplished
Nov 10, 2018, at 08:35 am
New York, Nov 10 (IBNS): The United Nations and partners concluded a six-day humanitarian aid operation, providing lifesaving aid to around 50,000 mostly women and children living in southeast Syria’s Rukban camp – the first supplies they had received since January.
Ending use of chemical weapons in Syria: ‘still work to be done’, says UN disarmament chief
Nov 06, 2018, at 08:25 am
New York, Nov 6 (IBNS): As inspections and investigations continue into several reported instances of chemical weapons use against civilians in Syria, the United Nations High Representative on Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, told the Security Council on Monday that much remains to be done to end their use, and called for international unity.
Nov 04, 2018, at 05:21 pm
New York, Nov 4 (IBNS): The United Nations and Syrian Arabic Red Crescent (SARC) kicked off a joint aid operation on Saturday, delivering vital humanitarian assistance to 50,000 people in south-east Syria’s Rukban camp, near the Jordanian border.
Aid convoy for north-east Syria postponed over security concerns – UN relief chief
Oct 30, 2018, at 08:46 am
New York, Oct 30 (IBNS): A humanitarian convoy carrying relief aid for tens of thousands of “desperate” civilians in north-eastern Syria who have not received aid since January this year, has been postponed owing to security concerns along its route, the United Nations top humanitarian official said on Monday.
More time’ agreed for buffer zone, to spare three million Syrian civilians in Idlib
Oct 19, 2018, at 08:50 am
New York, Oct 19 (IBNS): Russia and Turkey have said that they will allow “more time” for opposition groups to withdraw from a de-escalation zone in Syria’s Idlib, which has been spared air raids for more than a month, a senior humanitarian adviser to the UN said on Thursday.
Veteran UN Syria Envoy to step down, pledges to work 'until the last hour' for peace
Oct 18, 2018, at 02:40 pm
New York, Oct 18 (IBNS): The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, told the Security Council on Wednesday that he is stepping down at the end of next month, after four years and four months on the job
At UN, Syria slams US for ‘supporting terrorism’, thanks Russia for cooperation
Sep 30, 2018, at 04:12 pm
Denouncing the United States for supporting terrorism and war crimes in his conflict-torn country, Syrian Deputy Prime Minister Walid Al-Moualem reported to the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday that the seven-year war is almost over, calling all those opposing President Bashar al-Assad terrorists.
Jordan calls on UN Assembly to take ‘collective action’ over Middle East crisis; Syria conflict
Sep 26, 2018, at 10:50 am
New York, Sept 26 (IBNS): King Adbullah II of Jordan told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that “challenges do not make collective action and mutual respect less important,” and spotlighted the need for all countries to “pull together to get [the Middle East] peace process back on track.”
Agreement over buffer zone to spare civilians in Syria’s Idlib welcomed by top UN officials
Sep 19, 2018, at 08:53 am
New York, Sept 19 (IBNS): The agreement between Turkey and Russia to create a demilitarized buffer zone protecting civilians living in Idlib, Syria, has been welcomed by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and the world body’s humanitarian chief, who called on all warring parties and countries supporting them to make it effective.
A record one million Syrians displaced over six months, during six key battles: UN investigators
Sep 13, 2018, at 08:06 am
New York, Sept 13 (IBNS): All parties to the seven-year Syria conflict and the States that support them should do “everything in their power” to prevent a full-scale military assault on Idlib, a high-level United Nations-appointed panel of investigators said on Wednesday.
Sep 12, 2018, at 08:41 am
New York, Sept 12 (IBNS): A full-scale battle for Idlib must be avoided at all costs, the United Nations Secretary-General has stressed, warning that failure to do so would unleash “a humanitarian nightmare unlike any seen in the blood-soaked Syrian conflict” so far.
‘Sanctity of human civilian life’ in Idlib must win out, urges UN Syria Envoy
Sep 08, 2018, at 08:31 am
New York, Sept 8 (IBNS): With the ingredients for a “perfect storm” brewing in the Syrian province of Idlib, the international community cannot allow civilians there to succumb to such a fate, the UN Envoy for the country told the Security Council on Friday.
Sep 08, 2018, at 08:21 am
New York, Sept 8 (IBNS): Emergency food supplies for hundreds of thousands of people in Syria’s Idlib are “ready for distribution” in the event of mass displacement caused by a full-scale military offensive on the last opposition-held region, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.
It’s time to apply maximum ‘moral pressure’ to save lives in Syria’s Idlib: UN negotiator
Sep 05, 2018, at 09:09 am
New York,Sept 5 (IBNS): All countries with influence over the grinding conflict in Syria should use all the “moral pressure” they can to avoid a full-scale military attack on Idlib, particularly Russia and Turkey, the United Nations top negotiator Staffan de Mistura said on Tuesday.
Trump warns Syria against carrying out strikes in Idlib; asks Russia, Iran to refrain
Sep 04, 2018, at 03:36 pm
Washington, Sept 4 (IBNS): US President Donald Trump has threatened Syria against recklessly carrying out strikes in rebel-held Idlib province, while asking Russia and Iran to refrain from joining Assad and his men.
Living a life in the ruins of Syria
Sep 01, 2018, at 08:17 am
New York, Sept 1 (IBNS): Many people in Syria are trying to lead “a normal life amidst the ruins” of their country devastated by years of conflict; that’s according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, who visited the Syrian city of Douma this week.
Syria: UN chief warns Idlib offensive may set off ‘humanitarian catastrophe’
Aug 30, 2018, at 08:26 am
New York, Aug 30(IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday expressed deep concern over the growing risk of a humanitarian catastrophe should a full-scale military operation take place in Syria’s war-battered Idlib province.
UN Security Council urged to act against ‘worst-case scenario’ Syria’s war-battered Idlib
Aug 29, 2018, at 08:20 am
New York, Aug 29 (IBNS): A further escalation of violence in Syria’s Idlib governorate could create a humanitarian emergency “at a scale not yet seen through this crisis,” a senior United Nations aid official warned the Security Council on Tuesday.
Senior UN children’s advocate says they ‘should never be targeted by violence’
Aug 18, 2018, at 08:36 am
New York, Aug 18 (IBNS): Reacting to a recent upsurge in violent attacks affecting children, Virginia Gamba, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, called on Friday for those responsible to be held fully accountable.
UNICEF appeals for end to ‘war on children’ in Syria and Yemen
Aug 14, 2018, at 09:08 am
New York, Aug 14 (IBNS): Attacks against children caught in the conflicts in Syria and Yemen must stop, the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, appealed on Monday.
Millions at risk if Syria’s war moves to last redoubt of Idlib, warns senior aid official
Aug 10, 2018, at 08:53 am
New York, Aug 10 (IBNS): Aid access to embattled Syrians may soon improve following recent military gains by the Government, but the war “cannot be allowed to go to Idlib”, the head of the UN’s Humanitarian Task Force said on Thursday.
Aug 01, 2018, at 09:29 am
New York, Aug 1 (IBNS): The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) issued a strongly-worded statement on Tuesday, denouncing last week’s brutal killings and raids by members of the terrorist group ISIL, in Sweida, south-west Syria.
Jul 31, 2018, at 09:11 am
New York, July 31 (IBNS): Delivering life-saving assistance to millions of women, children and men in Syria, local aid workers need to be safer and better protected, said the top United Nations humanitarian official in the country on Monday.
Jul 28, 2018, at 08:10 am
New York, July 28 (IBNS): More than 7,000 children have lost their lives or been maimed as a result of the brutal conflict in Syria, a senior United Nations official told the UN Security Council on Friday, stressing that they had been abused by the warring parties for far too long.
‘Warehouses emptying’ amid growing humanitarian needs in south-west Syria
Jul 28, 2018, at 08:00 am
New York, July 28 (IBNS): More than 180,000 people are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance in south-west Syria after weeks of escalating hostilities that have restricted aid access to the area, the UN said on Friday.
UN chief strongly condemns terrorist attacks in south-west Syria
Jul 27, 2018, at 08:47 am
New York, July 27 (IBNS): The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, has strongly condemned multiple suicide bombings on Wednesday in the government-held town of Sweida, in Syria’s south-west, which killed and injured scores of civilians.
Syria: Over 30 killed in suicide attacks, Islamic state claims offensive
Jul 25, 2018, at 11:57 am
Damascus, July 25 (IBNS): Over 30 people have been killed as a suicide blast rocked Syria's Sweida city on Wednesday morning, reports said.