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Syria: UN agency restores full rations thanks to boost in donor funding

New York, Mar 1 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Monday that new funding pledged during a conference in London earlier this month will enable the agency to fully reinstate its food assistance to Syrians.

Syria: 2 killed in explosion

Salamia, Feb 26 (IBNS) At least two people were killed as massive explosion hit Salamia city in Syria, a monitor said.

Humanitarian and ceasefire tracks for Syria 'moving in the right direction' – UN envoy

New York, Feb 26 (Just Earth News/IBNS) – International task forces established to ensure unimpeded humanitarian access and a ceasefire in Syria “are moving in the right direction,” a United Nations mediator said on Thursday, ahead of a Friday deadline to accept a truce.

Russian airstrikes kill 20 militants allied to IS in Aleppo countryside

Aleppo, Feb 24 (Just Earth News/IBNS) : At least 20 militants in a faction allied to IS were killed during aerial bombardment by Russian warplanes in Khanaser town of Syria, a monitor group said.

Syria ‘reduced to ruins,’ with civilians paying the biggest price, says UN human rights panel

New York, Feb 23 (Just Earth News/IBNS) As the Syrian conflict is entering its sixth year, civilians are bearing the brunt of intensifying hostilities conducted by an ever-increasing number of warring parties, with aerial bombardments by pro-Government forces leaving “few safe places,” a new United Nations-mandated report has found.

Syria: head of panel for joint UN body says chemical weapons probing to begin in March

New York, Feb 23 (Just Earth News/IBNS) The head of a United Nations-mandated body tasked with identifying those behind chemical weapons attacks in the Syrian civil war said on Monday that preliminary work on seven potential cases has been nearly concluded and that in-depth investigations will begin in March.

Syria: humanitarian air drops ‘still in the planning stage’ – UN agency

New York, Feb 20 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Following a humanitarian breakthrough in delivering aid to a Syrian town inaccessible for more than 18 months, the United Nations food relief agency is now planning possible air-drops for 200,000 people in the Deir ez-Zor area besieged by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL/Da’esh.

Syria: Civilians under relentless attack

New York, Feb 19 (IBNS) Civilians are under relentless attack in Syria’s five-year-old conflict, with 1.9 million people under siege, borders closed to refugees and rampant bombings of medical facilities and heavily populated areas, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned on Friday, calling on UN Security Council member states – specifically France, Russia, UK and US as active participants in the Syrian conflict – to abide by resolutions they have passed to halt the carnage and ensure that their allies are applying due protection of civilians and avoidance of conflict in or over civilian areas.

Syria: humanitarian air drops ‘very concrete proposal,’ says UN envoy

New York, Feb 19 (Just Earth News/IBNS) As United Nations inter-agency convoys completed the delivery of humanitarian aid to more than 80,000 Syrians in five besieged towns, the UN Special Envoy for Syria on Thursday said the idea of air drops to locations that have yet to be reached “has become a very concrete proposal.”

Syria: UN mediator intends to resume Geneva talks next week

New York, Feb 17 (Just Earth News/IBNS) After differences between Government and opposition delegations on the priority of humanitarian issues forced a pause in the Intra-Syrian talks earlier this month, the United Nations envoy mediating the discussions has said he intends to resume them by 25 February, and earlier if possible, a UN spokesperson announced on Wednesday.

Syria: UN 'gravely concerned' over repeated attacks on hospitals, school

New York, Feb 17 (Just Earth News/IBNS) The United Nations human rights office on Tuesday expressed grave concern over airstrikes on Mondayin Syria that hit at least four hospitals and a school, reportedly killing more than 45 people and injuring dozens of others.

Syria: Russian aerial bombardment kills 5 civilians

Al-Herak, Feb 16 (IBNS) Russian airstrikes has targeted Al-Herak town in Syria which left five people killed, reports said.

Syria: for first time in months, UN agency delivers aid to residents of Yarmouk camp

New York, Feb 15 (Just Earth News/IBNS) The United Nations relief agency charged with the well-being of Palestinian refugees across the Middle East has been able to deliver urgently needed humanitarian supplies to the civilian residents of the besieged refugee camp of Yarmouk, on the outskirts Damascus, for the first time in nine months.

Syria: UN-backed task force seeks aid access to besieged areas 'without delay'

New York, Feb 13 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Following agreement late yesterday by diplomats meeting in Munich as part of the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) to work with Syrian parties to implement a nationwide cessation of hostilities, a United Nations-backed task force met on Friday on quickly delivering aid to besieged towns and war-weary civilians in hard to reach areas across the country.

Syria: diplomats agree 'cessation of hostilities;' UN rights chief warns of dire situation in Aleppo

New York, Feb 12 (Just Earth News/IBNS) As the United Nations human rights chief warned on Thursday of “shocking” violence and abuses in and around the city of Aleppo and other parts of war-ravaged Syria, top-level diplomats meeting in Munich on ending the crisis agreed to work out the terms of nationwide “cessation of hostilities” in the coming week.