Syrian rebel blows up himself, comrades while taking selfie
London, Sept 16 (IBNS): A Syrian rebel accidentally blew up himself and his comrades when he was taking selfie with a mobile phone that was probably connected to a bomb, media reports said.
Damascus, Aug 24 (IBNS): Conjoined twins Nawras and Moaz, who were evacuated from the suburbs of Syria's Damascus city, have died, media reports said.
Syria: Citing lack of action, UN envoy cuts short humanitarian taskforce meeting
New York, Aug 19 (Just Earth News): The United Nations envoy for Syria abruptly suspended the regular international humanitarian taskforce meeting in Geneva on Thursday shortly after it started, saying it made “no sense†to continue unless there is a pause in the fighting so aid convoys could reach besieged areas of the war-ravaged country.
Diary from Syria: An eyewitness account of broken families, grief and survival
New York, Aug 13 (Just Earth News): The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) supports more than 4 million people inside Syria with food assistance. Heading its operation there since December last year is Swiss national Jakob Kern.
Syria: UN refugee agency 'gravely concerned' by attacks on civilians, internally displaced persons
New York, Aug 11 (Just Earth News): The United Nations refugee agency has expressed grave concern at the dire situation of civilians in the Syrian city of Aleppo and at attacks on internally displaced people (IDP) settlements in its Idleb Governorate.
UN team in Jordan uses cranes to hoist relief aid to Syrian refugees at sealed border
New York, Aug 5 (Just Earth News): Syrians stranded at a sealed border with Jordan have received life-saving food and other supplies from the United Nations in a unique operation that saw aid hoisted by crane and monitored by drones across the closed frontier.
Aid agencies ready to help ease suffering in 'iconic' Aleppo, once truce is secured – UN envoy
New York, Aug 5 (Just Earth News): As fighting in and around battle-scarred Aleppo intensifies, along with diplomatic efforts to secure a truce, United Nations agencies and their partners are “ready, willing and able†to rush aid to the desperate people trapped there, a senior UN envoy said on Thursday, stressing that a humanitarian pause is critical, both to allow relief workers to enter the area, and for civilians to leave voluntary.
Syria: Militant attack kills 8
Damascus, Aug 4 (IBNS): Rocket shells fired terrorists of “Jaish al-Islam†in Syria's Damascus area has killed one people killed, media reports said.
New York, Aug 3 (Just Earth News): Deeply disturbed by reports that five hospitals and a blood bank have been hit by airstrikes in Syria, the United Nations on Tuesday reiterated its call on all parties to the conflict to end the destruction of medical facilities and other civilian infrastructure.
Rebels shelling kills 30 in Syria
Aleppo, Aug 2 (IBNS): At least 30 people were killed in shelling by rebels who targeted regime controlled areas of Aleppo city in Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Tuesday.
Some 25,000 people displaced by military attacks in western Aleppo – UNICEF
New York, Aug 2 (Just Earth News): About 25,000 people, including more than 12,000 children, have been displaced last night from a neighbourhood in western Aleppo City by intense military attacks initiated by armed opposition groups, a United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) official in Syria said on Monday, calling on the warring parties to do their utmost to protect all civilians.
Syria: Russian chopper shot down
Moscow/Idlib ,Aug 1 (IBNS): A Russian helicopter was shot down in Syria's Idlib province on Monday, media reports said.
UNICEF deplores ‘shocking’ attacks in northern Syria towns that leave scores of civilians dead
New York, July 30 (Just Earth News):The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has deplored recent shocking attacks in northern Syrian cities of Qamishli and Idlib, which killed more than 60 people including many children; reiterating that all parties to the conflict should respect international humanitarian law and protect children and civilians.
Proposed humanitarian corridors in Aleppo must be guaranteed by all sides, says UN relief chief
New York, July 29 (Just Earth News): Amid reports that Aleppo is ‘de facto besieged,’ as the war-battered city is now almost completely encircled by Syrian troops, the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator on Thursday reiterated his demand for safe, regular and sustained access to the quarter of a million people trapped behind the front lines, and stressed that “all options must be considered.â€
Syria: Militant attack kills 44
Qamishli, July 28 (IBNS): A militant attack at al-Qameshli city of northeastern Syria killed at least 44 people on Wednesday, media reports said on Thursday.