Ukraine war: Middle East food prices soaring, as donor fatigue kicks in, Security Council hears
New York: Amid growing donor fatigue and a brutal war in Ukraine that has diverted the world’s attention, the world must not forget millions of people in need across the Middle East and North Africa, the UN chief told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Syria: Children ‘live in fear of violence’, scarred by 11 years of war
New York: Nearly five million children born in Syria since March 2011 have known nothing but conflict. After 11 years of war, the crisis continues to leave them struggling with physical and psychological scars, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.
Syria: Use of chemical weapons ‘blight’ on international community’s conscience
New York: Impunity for the use of chemical weapons is “intolerable,” the UN disarmament chief told the Security Council meeting on Syria, held on Monday morning.
‘Hot conflict’ pushes 12 million Syrians into food insecurity
New York: As the Syrian war has driven poverty and hunger to levels higher than at any previous point, UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen told the Security Council on Friday that he would continue to focus on engaging the parties to bring an end to the protracted conflict.
Syria: 1 killed in Israeli attack
Damascus/UNI/Sputnik: One soldier was killed and five others wounded in an Israeli attack in Syria, the Syrian Armed Forces command said in a statement.
Washington/IBNS: United States President Joe Biden on Thursday informed that operating under his orders, the country's military forces "successfully removed a major terrorist threat to the world" with Islamic State (ISIS) global leader Hajji Abdullah blowing himself up during a US raid in Syria.
UNICEF providing aid for children caught up in Syria prison siege
New York: Boys and girls caught up in intense fighting which raged for six days around a besieged prison in northeast Syria, need protection and assistance, the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, said on Thursday.
Syria: 700 child detainees held in prison under siege
New York: Four days after ISIL terrorists launched apparently coordinated attacks on a large prison in northeast Syria in a bid to free fighters detained there, the UN Human Rights Office, OHCHR, described the still unfolding situation on Tuesday as “deeply troubling”.
Syria: Over 200 IS militants surrender
Damascus/UNI: Around 250 militants have surrendered after Kurdish-led forces in Syria surrounded Ghwayran prison seized earlier by the Islamic State (IS) group, BBC reported on Wednesday.
Conviction of top Syrian intelligence official ‘a landmark leap forward’
New York: UN human rights officials have welcomed the “historic” conviction on Thursday by a German court of a former senior Syrian intelligence officer, for crimes against humanity.
UNICEF: Grim start to new year as 2 children are killed, 5 injured, in Syria
New York: Warring parties should never attack children or the services they rely on, a senior official with the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, said on Tuesday, following recent violence and disruption in Syria.
Islamic State terrorists ambush kills 5 Syrian soldiers
Damascus/UNI/Xinhua: Five Syrian soldiers were killed and 20 others wounded when the Islamic State militants targeted their military bus in eastern Syria overnight Sunday, the media reported on Monday.
Syria: Conflict, COVID and rising costs, ‘pushing people beyond their limits’
New York: World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director David Beasley concluded a three-day visit to Syria on Friday, warning that more people there are in the grips of hunger than at any time during their country’s decade-long conflict.
Syria: Progress still possible, following ‘disappointment’ over constitutional talk
New York: Although the outcome of the latest meeting of the Syrian Constitutional Committee was “a disappointment”, members must continue their vital work, the UN Special Envoy for the country said in a briefing to the Security Council on Wednesday.
Four children killed on their way to school in northwest Syria
New York: Four children – three boys and a girl - were killed on Monday morning while travelling to school in northwest Syria, along with a teacher, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday.