Recent attacks on hospitals in Aleppo 'can amount to war crimes' – UNICEF
New York, July 27 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reiterated on Tuesday that attacks on health facilities are a blatant violation of international humanitarian law and can amount to war crimes, in response to the recent airstrikes on four hospitals and a blood bank in eastern Aleppo city in Syria.
Syria: UN aid chief calls for weekly, 48-hour humanitarian truce in Aleppo
New York, July 26 (Just Earth News): Citing the alarming humanitarian conditions across Syria, the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator on Monday urged fresh momentum and action to protect civilians and ensure sustained aid access “before it's too late,†including through the establishment of a weekly, 48-hour pause of the fighting in eastern Aleppo, where food supplies are expected to run out next month.
Syria: Mother, child killed in rocket shells fired by Jabhat al-Nusra-linked terrorist groups
Aleppo, July 2 (IBNS) A mother and her child was killed were killed in rocket shells firing in Syria's Aleppo city on Monday.
Germany: Syrian refugee arrested for killing wife with machete
Berlin, July 25 (IBNS) German authorities have said they arrested a Syrian asylum-seeker for killing a woman with a machete in south-western part of the European nation on Sunday, media reports said.
Syria: After week of ‘horrific’ incidents, UNICEF calls for end to all violence against children
New York, July 22 (Just Earth News): In a week marked by the brutal on-camera murder of a 12-year-old boy in Aleppo and the killing of more than 20 children killed during air strikes in Manbij, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for an immediate end to all forms of violence against children in Syria and urged all parties to the conflict there to make every effort to avoid the loss of civilian lives.
Syria: Food convoy reaches Serghaya, as UN agencies urge protection of aid workers and sites
New York, July 20 (Just Earth News): As humanitarian convoys gain access to hard-to-reach areas in Syria, some United Nations agencies are speaking out about fresh dangers to aid workers.
New York, July 16 (Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights chief on Friday urged the forces advancing on Aleppo and two other cities in Syria to not harm the hundreds of thousands of civilians surrounded by fighting between the Government forces and the opposition.
Syria: deploring hostilities spreading across Aleppo, UN urges end to indiscriminate attacks
New York, July 13 (Just Earth News): Deploring the spread of hostilities throughout the Syrian city of Aleppo, senior United Nations officials on Wednesday called on all parties to the conflict to end indiscriminate attacks on civilians and fully respect international humanitarian law.
Syria: UN relief wing sounds alarm on behalf of some 300,000 people trapped in war-torn Aleppo
New York, July 9 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has expressed serious concern for the estimated 300,000 people trapped in eastern Aleppo City, due to heavy clashes along the Castello road, the only road in and out of that part of the city.
Condemning death of Syrian journalist, UNESCO head highlights protection of civilians in conflicts
New York, June 30 (Just Earth News): The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending the freedom of the media on Thursday denounced the death of Syrian photojournalist, Khalid Al Issa, who was killed after a homemade bomb detonated in his building.
Ban names humanitarian coordinator in Syria as new Deputy Special Representative for Liberia
New York, June 28 (Just Earth News):United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Yacoub El Hillo of Sudan as his Deputy Special Representative in the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), succeeding Antonio Vigilante of Italy, who concluded his assignment on 15 June 2016.
‘Medieval’ sieges, barrel bombs are ‘disgusting reality’ in Syria – senior UN officials
New York, June 24 (Just Earth News):The recent “stuttering momentum†in delivering humanitarian aid to Syria’s besieged and hard-to-reach populations must be significantly expanded in the second half of 2016, the United Nations humanitarian chief told the Security Council today, warning that progress made to date was only “a trickle†of the country’s overwhelming needs.
Hasaka, June 20 (IBNS): A suicide attack in Syria's Hasaka area n Sunday has killed at least three people, media reports said on Monday.
Alleged IS leader killed in air strike in Syria
New Delhi, Jun 14 (IBNS): The Islamic State's alleged leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed during an air raid by the US-led coalition in Syria, according to media reports.
Syria: Twin blasts kill 12, ISIS claim responsibility
Damascus, June 11 (IBNS): Twin blasts rocked a suburb of Damascus area in Syria which left at least 12 people killed on Saturday, media reports said.