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
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
Syria: Latest school attack in Idlib 'an outrage' and 'one more scar on future' – UNICEF chief
New York, Oct 27 (Just Earth News): The head of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday that the latest school attack in the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib may be “the deadliest†one since the war begin more than five years ago, and is a war crime if deliberate.
In war-torn Syria, three million children out of school or at risk of dropping out – UNICEF
New York, Oct 24 (Just Earth News): With the start of the school year and the number of school attacks exceeding 4,000 in war-ravaged Syria, more than 1.7 million children there remain out of school and another 1.3 million are at a risk of dropping out, according to new education data.
Syria: Conflict plunging to new ‘lows,’ UNICEF says, deploring killing of school children
New York, Oct 13 (Just Earth News): Deploring yesterday’s deadly attack on a primary school in the Syrian city of Darra, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reiterated its call on all parties to the conflict to abide by their obligations under international humanitarian law and protect children and schools.
Canada's population soars with immigrant and refugee arrivals
Toronto, Oct 9 (IBNS): Statistic Canada says record number of immigrants and refugees arriving on Canadian shores have helped push Canada’s official population over 36 million as of July 1.
Syria: Time running out to protect those trapped in eastern Aleppo, UN aid chief warns
New York, Oct 3 (Just Earth News): Warning of an urgent humanitarian situation in Syria's eastern Aleppo city, the United Nations humanitarian chief today reiterated a call for a cessation of violence, medical evacuation of hundreds of patients in critical conditions, as well as safe, full, regular and unimpeded humanitarian access.
Syria: Joint UN-Red Crescent relief convoy reaches besieged cities for first time in five months
New York, Sept 27 (Just Earth News): The United Nations and Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) have delivered life-saving food aid to 60,000 people under siege in four Syrian towns, their first supplies since April, but extreme concern persists for 250,000 people trapped in Aleppo, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) reported on Monday.
Syria: UN suspends aid after convoy attacked
Aleppo, Sept 20 (IBNS): The United Nations has decided to suspend aid convoys in Syria, media reports said on Tuesday.
Syria: UN relief chief 'disappointed' that aid workers still unable to safely access eastern Aleppo
New York, Sept 19 (Just Earth News): Expressing disappointment that humanitarian actors have not been able to reach eastern Aleppo in Syria, the United Nations humanitarian chief urged all parties to the conflict to facilitate regular and sustained access to the besieged and hard-to-reach areas across the country.