Fresh evidence of war crimes committed by all sides in Syrian conflict, probe finds
New York: Hospitals, schools and homes have all been targeted during Syria’s brutal and long-running conflict, said UN-appointed investigators, who on Tuesday condemned likely fresh war crimes committed by all parties.
UNICEF chief hopes 2020 will be 'a year of peace' for Syria’s children
New York/IBNS: Only an end to the war in Syria can bring safety to children there, the head of the UN child rights agency said on Thursday.
Trump’s readiness to strike Turkey amid Syria tensions ‘unprecedented’ - Russian Lawmaker
Moscow (Sputnik/UNI) The readiness of US President Donald Trump to strike Turkey, a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), amid current tensions over Turkey's operation in Northern Syria, is "unprecedented," member of the Russian parliament's upper house Alexei Pushkov said.
Pompeo says asked Turkey to return to dialogue with US on security in Northeast Syria
Washington (Sputnik/UNI) US Secretary Of State Mime Pompeo said in a statement that he urged Turkey to get back to dialogue with the United States on security on northeast Syria.
Syrian civilians must be protected amid ISIL executions and airstrikes: Bachelet
New York, Dec 6 (IBNS): Reports that violent extremists in Syria have executed civilians in the east of the war-torn country have been condemned by the UN’s top rights official, Michelle Bachelet.
New York, June 29 (IBNS): Escalating conflict in Syria’s southwest has cut vital cross-border aid deliveries from neighbouring Jordan, a senior United Nations official said on Thursday, in an appeal to warring parties to halt the fighting immediately.
Aid teams respond to escalating southwest Syria conflict: 750,000 civilians are at risk
New York, June 27 (IBNS): Vital humanitarian relief continues to reach Dera’a in south-west Syria, where 750,000 people are at risk and at least 45,000 people have been displaced amid a government-led offensive to regain opposition-held areas, UN aid teams said on Tuesday.
‘Marathon of suffering’ in Syria conflict, far from over: UN humanitarian adviser
New York, May 4 (IBNS): The fighting in Syria “is not over” and neither is the “marathon of suffering” for millions of people in the war-torn country, a senior aid official at the UN said on Thursday.
New York, Apr 26 (IBNS): International donors at a United Nations-European Union humanitarian conference pledged nearly $4.4 billion on Wednesday to fund critical aid programmes in war-torn Syria throughout 2018.
UN-EU conference on future of Syria opens in Brussels with urgent call for international support
New York, Apr 25 (IBNS): With the conflict in Syria into its eighth bloody year and human suffering worsening by the day, the United Nations and partners on Tuesday made a major appeal for additional funds, as well as for reinvigorating the stalled UN-led Geneva talks.
Brief ceasefire in Douma only piece of good news for civilians in war-torn Syria, UN envoy says
New York, Mar 17 (JEN): The United Nations mediator for the Syrian conflict told the Security Council on Friday that its three-week old demand for a ceasefire across the war-ravaged country was still not being implemented, and while progress had been made in in Douma in Eastern Ghouta, “the bottom line is, too many civilians are still suffering.”
As Syria conflict enters eighth year, UN agencies join call for peace and safe aid delivery
New York, Mar 15 (JEN): Two United Nations relief agencies on Wednesday joined a chorus of international organizations and partners in the quest to end seven years of conflict in Syria, urging warring parties to allow humanitarian access for the delivery of life-saving assistance to those desperately in need.
Syria: UN aid convoy returns to eastern Ghouta
New York, Mar 10 (JEN): The United Nations and partners on Friday reached the Syrian city of Douma in Eastern Ghouta to complete distribution of food aid after intense shelling cut short deliveries to the war-torn enclave earlier this week.
Victims of Syrian conflict ‘denied any meaningful justice,’ says UN-mandated panel
New York, Mar 7 (JEN): The brutal conflict in Syria has not only claimed civilians as unintentional victims but has seen all warring parties deliberately target them with complete impunity employing unlawful methods of warfare, a new report by a United Nations-mandated inquiry on the war-ravaged country has said.
Aid convoy for Eastern Ghouta should arrive on Monday, UN and partners announce
New York, Mar 5 (JEN): The United Nations and its partners plan to deliver much-needed relief assistance to the besieged Syrian enclave of eastern Ghouta this week, the global organization’s humanitarian wing said on Sunday.