Syria: At least 60 people killed by suicide bombers
Feb 25, 2017, at 05:29 pm
Al Bab, Feb 25 (IBNS): At least 60 people, including civilians and soldiers, were killed in two separate incidents following the detonation of car bombs by suicide bombers near Al Bab area of Syria, reports said.
Syria suicide attack: 42 killed
Feb 24, 2017, at 10:24 pm
Al-Bab, Feb 24 (IBNS): At least 42 people were killed in suicide attack carried out by militant group IS in Swesan area near al-Bab city of Syria, a monitor group reported.
Syria negotiations may not yield breakthrough, but momentum needs to be maintained – UN envoy
Feb 23, 2017, at 02:08 pm
New York, Feb 23 (Just Earth News): A day before negotiations on the crisis in Syria kick off in Geneva, the United Nations Special Envoy for the war-torn country acknowledged that while he is “not expecting a breakthrough,†the proactive momentum needs to be sustained, and the top United Nations relief official told the Security Council that the country’s humanitarian needs would remain critical for a long time.
Feb 14, 2017, at 03:43 pm
New York, Feb 14 (Just Earth News): A senior United Nations relief official has on Monday called on all parties to come to an agreement and allow immediate and unfettered humanitarian access to more than 60,000 civilians trapped in four Syrian towns of Al-Zabadani, Al-Fu’ah, Kafraya and Madaya.
Secret campaign of mass hangings and extermination in Syrian prison, says Amnesty International
Feb 07, 2017, at 11:33 pm
New York, Feb 7 (IBNS): A chilling new report by Amnesty International exposes the Syrian government’s calculated campaign of extrajudicial executions by mass hangings at Saydnaya Prison.
Syria: UN provides emergency water around Aleppo, as 1.8 million cut off from water supply
Feb 07, 2017, at 01:49 pm
New York, Feb 7 (Just Earth News): The United Nations on Monday voiced grave concern about nearly two million Syrians in the area of Aleppo who have been without water for almost a month, as UN agencies are helping to provide emergency access to some of the people in need.
Feb 02, 2017, at 01:49 pm
New York, Feb 2 (Just Earth News): Expressing shock at the scale of the devastation in war-ravaged city of Aleppo, the top United Nations refugee official on Wednesday made an impassioned plea for the world to stand in solidarity with those suffering from the effects of conflict there in Syria, as well as in other places such as Iraq, Somalia and Yemen.
Syria: UN-supported talks delayed until 20 February to give opposition time to unite
Feb 01, 2017, at 02:07 pm
New York, Feb 1 (Just Earth News): The United Nations envoy for Syria on Tuesday said that he asked the Security Council to postpone the UN facilitated talks that had been scheduled for 8 February in Geneva until 20 February, in order to give the war-torn country’s opposition time to unite and participate as one group.
Trump bans entry of Syrian refugees into the US
Jan 28, 2017, at 04:28 pm
Washington, Jan 28 (IBNS): Delivering on his promises of banning radical Islam from entering America, President Donald Trump has banned the entry of Syrian refugees into USA for an indefinite period of time, media reports said.
Syria: UN chief Guterres clarifies tasks of panel laying groundwork for possible war crimes probe
Jan 27, 2017, at 01:57 pm
New York, Jan 27 (Just Earth News): Following the approval late last year of an independent panel to assist in the investigation and prosecution of those responsible for war crimes or crimes against humanity in Syria, the United Nations on Thursday announced that the mechanism will be headed by a senior judge or prosecutor with extensive criminal investigations and prosecutions experience.
Syria: Al-Qaida facilitator killed
Jan 20, 2017, at 09:19 pm
Washington, Jan 20 (IBNS): The US government on Friday said on Jan. 12, U.S. forces killed Abd al-Jalil al-Muslimi, an al-Qaida facilitator, in a precision airstrike near Saraqib, Syria.
Syria: Heavy fighting forces UN food relief agency to suspend airdrops in Deir ez-Zor
Jan 18, 2017, at 01:29 pm
New York, Jan 18 (Just Earth News): The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday that it has been forced to suspend airdrops to residents of the besieged Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor because of heavy fighting between Government forces and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh).
9 killed in militant attacks in Syria
Jan 13, 2017, at 03:18 pm
Damascus, Jan 13 (IBNS): At least seven people were killed in an explosion in Syrian city of Damascus on Thursday, media reports said on Friday.
Syria: Car bomb blast kills 43
Jan 08, 2017, at 04:41 am
Azaz, Jan 7 (IBNS): Car bomb blast in the rebel-held Syrian town of Azaz has left at least 43 people dead on Saturday, media reports said.
Jan 02, 2017, at 04:26 am
New York, Jan 1 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Security Council on Sunday unanimously adopted a resolution welcoming and supporting the efforts by Russia and Turkey to end violence in Syria and jumpstart a political process for the war-torn Middle Eastern country.
Syria: IS cuts off main source of water for Aleppo
Dec 30, 2016, at 11:11 pm
Aleppo, Dec 30 (IBNS): Creating trouble, militant group ISIS on Friday cut off water for Aleppo city in Syria from its main source, media reports said.
Syria: UN envoy welcomes new ceasefire between Government and opposition groups
Dec 30, 2016, at 01:48 pm
New York, Dec 30 (Just Earth News): The United Nations envoy for Syria has welcomed the announcement of a nationwide ceasefire between the Government and armed opposition groups that would come into effect at midnight tonight.
Dec 26, 2016, at 09:44 pm
Palmyra, Dec 26 (IBNS): Security officials have killed at least 25 IS militants to the east of the 4th Station west of Palmyra area in Syria, media reports said on Monday.
Thousands leave war-ravaged Aleppo as ‘dangerous, complex’ evacuation nears end – UN envoy
Dec 23, 2016, at 03:16 pm
New York, Dec 23 (Just Earth News): A “very large, dangerous, difficult and complex evacuation†entered its final phase on Friday–mainly from eastern Aleppo and from the two villages Foah and Kefraya – a senior United Nations humanitarian envoy announced, adding that it is “now a race against the clock and the winter to provide safety for the desperate people that have been trapped in the besieged city.
Syria: UN approves mechanism to lay groundwork for investigations into possible war crimes
Dec 23, 2016, at 03:09 pm
New York, Dec 23 (Just Earth News):The United Nations General Assembly has voted to establish an independent panel to assist in the investigation and prosecution of those responsible for war crimes or crimes against humanity in Syria.
Civilians brave freezing temperatures as Aleppo evacuations resume – UN
Dec 22, 2016, at 03:27 pm
New York, Dec 22 (Just Earth News): With civilians in war-battered eastern Aleppo braving sub-zero temperatures, evacuations escorted by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) resumed on Wednesday, as the agency estimates that more than 25,000 people have been evacuated from besieged neighbourhoods over the past five days, the United Nations said.
Syria: Militants attack evacuation buses
Dec 19, 2016, at 03:23 am
Idlib, Dec 18 (IBNS): Terrorists attacked several buses that were going to towns of Kefraya and al-Fouaa to evacuate sick and wounded people from the area in Syria, media reports said.
UN invited to monitor and assist fresh evacuation efforts under way in war-ravaged Aleppo
Dec 16, 2016, at 03:02 pm
New York, Dec 16 (Just Earth News): The United Nations was on Thursday invited to monitor and assist in the renewed effort to evacuate sick and wounded civilians and opposition fighters from the remaining rebel-held areas of Syria’s war-ravaged city of Aleppo, a senior UN humanitarian envoy announced on Thursday.
Dec 14, 2016, at 02:39 pm
New York, Dec 14 (Just Earth News): Aleppo should represent the end of the quest for military victory, not the start of a broader military campaign in a country already ravaged beyond all recognition by five years of war, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told an emergency meeting of the Security Council today, calling on the 15-member body to “do all we can to stop the carnage†and ensure that all the parties in the “wretched†conflict seek an inclusive political resolution.
Syria: UN refugee agency spotlights growing shelter needs as thousands flee Aleppo violence
Dec 03, 2016, at 05:05 am
New York, Dec 2 (Just Earth News): While reiterating its extreme concern about the civilian population in Syria’s war-battered Aleppo, the United Nations refugee agency on Friday said it is also focusing on the rapidly growing shelter needs for thousands of people fleeing the city’s eastern neighbourhoods.
Turkish soldiers killed in Syria
Nov 25, 2016, at 12:57 am
Damascus, Nov 24 (IBNS): At least three Turkish soldiers were killed and 10 others injured in Syria, reports said.
Senior al-Qaeda leader killed in airstrike: USDoD
Nov 23, 2016, at 05:05 pm
Washington, Nov 23 (IBNS): A senior al-Qaeda leader was killed in an airstrike conducted by the US in Syria, the US Department of Defense reported.
Nov 21, 2016, at 05:41 am
New York, Nov 21 (Just Earth News): Expressing shock and deep sadness at the recent escalation of fighting in several parts of Syria and its resulting impact on Syrians, senior United Nations humanitarian officials have called on all parties to cease indiscriminate attacks targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure, as well as to ensure sustained, unconditional and unimpeded access to the millions people in urgent need.
Syria: Security Council strongly condemns attacks against schools and shelling of Russian Embassy
Oct 30, 2016, at 01:29 pm
New York, Oct 30 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Security Council has condemned in the “strongest terms†an attack yesterday on the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Syria's capital Damascus as well as the widely reported recent attacks on schools in the country, according to separate statements issued late yesterday.
Syria: UN chief condemns reported school attack in western Aleppo
Oct 29, 2016, at 01:58 pm
New York, Oct 29 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the reported attack on Friday on a school in the western part of Syria's Aleppo city that killed a number of children.