Syria: Civilians killed on ‘horrific scale’ as conflict begins spilling across borders
Feb 15, 2018, at 02:30 pm
New York, Feb 15 (IBNS): The conflict in Syria is now spilling over the country’s borders amid increased military intervention from multiple sources, a senior United Nations mediator said on Wednesday, warning that civilians are being killed on a horrific scale and the crisis is at one of the most “dangerous and worrying moments” in over four years.
Syria: Life 'living nightmare' for children in East Ghouta, UNICEF chief warns
Feb 10, 2018, at 02:21 pm
New York, Feb 10 (JEN): Following reports that dozens of children have been killed in violence this week alone in Syria, a senior United Nations official on Friday stressed the need for unconditional evacuations of sick and wounded children from East Ghouta and other sieged areas.
Syria: UN urges an end to hostilities, warns of grave and deepening humanitarian crisis
Feb 07, 2018, at 03:55 pm
New York, Feb 7 (JEN): Senior United Nations officials in Syria warned on Tuesday of the dire humanitarian crisis in several parts of the country, calling on warring parties to immediately stop fighting so aid and basic services can reach those in need, and the sick and critically wounded can evacuate.
Feb 06, 2018, at 09:42 pm
New York, Feb 6 (JEN): Evidence of the use, or likely use, of banned chemical weapons in Syria should be met with a “meaningful response” within the Security Council, the United Nations disarmament affairs chief said on Monday.
Humanitarian diplomacy ‘getting nowhere’ in Syria warns UN special adviser
Feb 02, 2018, at 01:59 pm
New York, Feb 2 (JEN): Civilians in Syria’s besieged areas have not seen a single convoy of humanitarian aid arrive for a full two months, a senior United Nations adviser said on Thursday, lamenting that diplomatic efforts appear “totally impotent,” and that hundreds of lives are being lost as a result.
Relentless fighting in Syria continues to exact terrible toll on civilians, says UN deputy aid chief
Jan 31, 2018, at 02:24 pm
New York, Jan 31 (JEN): Hostilities in Syria continues to drive hundreds of thousands from their homes and the number of displaced in the seemingly unending conflict continues to rise along with the suffering of affected communities, the United Nations deputy humanitarian chief said Tuesday, calling on all parties to ensure the safety and protection of civilians caught up in the violence.
UN envoy for Syria to attend Russia-sponsored talks in Sochi
Jan 28, 2018, at 09:37 pm
New York, Jan 28 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres will send his Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, to Sochi next week to attend the Russia-sponsored Congress of the Syrian National Dialogue, talks reportedly on a political solution towards ending the seven-year Syrian conflict.
Jan 27, 2018, at 01:24 pm
New York, Jan 27 (JEN): With families in Syria’s besieged northern town of Afrin on the run or hiding in basements to escape intense shelling, the head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) operations in the country has strongly denounced the rising number of child casualties, questioning whether the world is “becoming numb to the killing of children.”
Syria: UN rights officials decry ‘devastating’ impact of surging violence on civilians
Jan 20, 2018, at 12:34 pm
New York, Jan 20 (JEN): Concerned over the devastating impact of escalating violence in Syria, where dozens of people in eastern Ghouta have been killed in recent airstrikes, and schools and hospitals are being deliberately destroyed, senior United Nations officials have underscored the obligation on all parties to the conflict, and the international community, to protect civilians from atrocity crimes.
Intensified fighting across Syria having 'devastating' impact on civilians, warn UN agencies
Jan 18, 2018, at 02:12 pm
New York, Jan 18 (JEN): Intensification in hostilities across Syria is having a “devastating” impact on civilians, United Nations agencies in the war-ravaged country said Wednesday, warning that the fighting is also severely limiting life-saving humanitarian operations.
Syria: Uptick in violence exacerbates already dire situation, says UN food relief agency
Jan 17, 2018, at 02:00 pm
New York, Jan 17 (JEN): On top of the already-desperate conditions in Syria’s war-ravaged East Ghouta and north-west Idlib governorate, a violence upsurge is intensifying insecurity, the United Nations food relief agency said Tuesday.
A bloody start to 2018 in Syria; Over 30 children killed in two weeks – UNICEF
Jan 15, 2018, at 01:46 pm
New York, Jan 15 (JEN): Only in the first 14 days of the year, more than 30 children have been killed in escalating violence in Syria's East Ghouta, where an estimated 200,000 children have been trapped under siege since 2013, the top United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) official in the Middle Eastern country said Sunday.
In Damascus, UN aid chief outlines measures to improve response to Syrian crisis in 2018
Jan 12, 2018, at 01:42 pm
New York, Jan 12 (JEN): After seven years of bloody conflict, the Syrian war has wreaked a “colossal toll” on the country and its people, the United Nations relief chief said on Thursday from the capital, Damascus, where he outlined ways to sustain and improve humanitarian assistance and protection for everyone affected by the crisis this year.
Syria: UN rights chief condemns spike in civilian casualties in 'de-escalation' areas
Jan 11, 2018, at 01:11 pm
New York, Jan 11 (JEN): The United Nations human rights chief on Wednesday condemned an upsurge in civilian casualties in Eastern Ghouta in Syria amid the recent escalation in airstrikes and ground-based attacks by Government forces and their allies, noting that at least 85 civilians have been killed since 31 December.
As Syria war grinds on, Syrian refugees in Lebanon are becoming poorer, more vulnerable – UN
Jan 10, 2018, at 01:33 pm
New York, Jan 10 (JEN): More than half the war-weary Syrian refugees in Lebanon are living in extreme poverty and borrowing money for food and to pay rent has become commonplace, the United Nations reported Tuesday.
Syria: 13 million people in desperate need as seventh war-torn winter sets in, UN warns
Jan 09, 2018, at 01:48 pm
New York, Jan 9 (JEN): With millions of desperate people across Syria now facing their seventh winter of war, the United Nations warned on Tuesday that intensified military operations in the country's north are forcing families to flee, in the cold, to areas without enough resources to support them.
Syria: Blast kills at least 23 in rebel stronghold Idlib
Jan 08, 2018, at 06:35 pm
Damascus, Jan 8 (IBNS): At least 23 people have been reportedly killed in a blast in Syria's Idlib city, reports said.
UN aid wing sounds alarm on behalf of civilians caught up in rising violence in northern Syria
Jan 04, 2018, at 01:33 pm
New York, Jan 4 (JEN) The United Nations humanitarian wing and its partners in Syria on Wednesday expressed deep concern about the protection and wellbeing of tens of thousands of civilians in north-eastern Hama and southern Idlib governorates, following increased hostilities, which have reportedly resulted in scores of deaths and injuries and displacement in the area.
Syria: Eight killed in suicide blast
Dec 06, 2017, at 12:12 am
Homs, Dec 5 (IBNS): At least eight people were killed in a blast that hit Ekrema neighborhood in Homs city of Syria on Tuesday, media reports said.
Syria: UN-supported talks in Geneva extended until mid-December
Dec 01, 2017, at 02:28 pm
New York, Dec 1(Just Earth News): Previewing what he said will be “not just a normal round of talks,” Staffan de Mistura, the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, insisted Thursday there should be no preconditions heading into the current round of discussions aimed at resolving the over six-year-long Syrian conflict that has resulted in immense human suffering.
Russia airstrikes kill at least 53 civilians in Syria
Nov 27, 2017, at 07:03 pm
Damascus, Nov 27 (IBNS): At least 53 civilians have been killed in airstrikes conducted by Russia in Syria, observers said.
Syria: UN health agency calls for immediate and unimpeded access to save lives in Ghouta
Nov 14, 2017, at 04:18 am
New York, Nov 13(Just Earth News): Amid worsening humanitarian, health and security situation in Syria's besieged eastern Ghouta, the United Nations health agency has demanded that all parties to the conflict stop attacks on civilians, facilitate immediate medical evacuations, and allow safe passage of medical supplies.
Donald Trump, Putin confirm their determination to defeat ISIS in Syria
Nov 12, 2017, at 01:51 am
Hanoi, Nov 11(IBNS): US President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, meeting on the margins of the APEC conference in Da Nang, Vietnam, confirmed their determination to defeat ISIS in Syria.
With 13 million inside Syria needing aid, UN relief chief says impact of crisis remains 'profound'
Oct 31, 2017, at 09:49 am
With 13 million inside Syria needing aid, UN relief chief says impact of crisis remains 'profound' New York, Oct 31(Just Earth News): The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or D'aesh) may be largely pushed out of Syria's Raqqa governorate, but after years of oppression and nearly a year of intense fighting – marked recently by heavy airstrikes – humanitarian needs will continue to be large for some time, the top United Nations relief official told the Security Council Monday.
Canadian men held and tortured in Syria receives $31.3 million from Ottawa
Oct 27, 2017, at 04:36 am
Ottawa, Oct 26 (IBNS): Three Canadian men, who were held and tortured in Syria over the accusation of having links to a terrorist organisation, have received a settlement amount of $31.3 million by Ottawa, media reports said.
Syria: IS-fighting British man killed
Oct 24, 2017, at 09:05 pm
London, Oct 24 (IBNS): A British person, who was fighting against so called Islamic State in Syria, has been killed in Raqqa, media reports said on Tuesday
Syrian Government has spared no effort to end bloodshed, Deputy Prime Minister tells UN
Sep 24, 2017, at 03:32 pm
New York, Sept 24(Just Earth News): The Syrian Government has spared no effort to put an end to the war that has besieged the country for the past six years, but the bloodshed continues owing to the “aggressive policies†by some States, Deputy Prime Minister Walid Al-Moualem told the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday.
Sep 01, 2017, at 04:25 am
New York, Aug 31(Just Earth News): Forces fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh) terrorist group in Syria are losing sight of the obligation to protect civilians as the battle to retake Raqqa from ISIL is being waged at the cost of their lives, the top United Nations human rights official warned on Thursday.
Syria: UN adviser warns trapped civilians face greater risks as Raqqa fighting intensifies
Aug 31, 2017, at 04:57 am
New York, Aug 30(Just Earth News): The United Nations adviser on the prevention of genocide on Wednesday expressed deep concern at the deteriorating situation of up to 25,000 civilians trapped in Syria's Raqqa, noting that civilians are used as human shields in this de facto capital of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh) terrorist group under intense bombardment.
Syria: UNICEF cites conflict's 'staggering' impact on children; calls for urgent protection
Aug 26, 2017, at 09:43 am
New York, Aug 26(Just Earth News): Six and a half years of war in Syria has inflicted untold suffering on the country's children, a senior United Nations official said on Friday, urging parties to the conflict to stop the violence and live up to their legal obligations to children.