34 migrants dead after boat sinks off Syria
Damascus/IBNS: At least thirty-four people were dead and several others injured after a boat carrying immigrants from Lebanon capsized in the Syrian territorial water, the Syria Health Ministry announced.
Whole generation of Syrian children ‘might be lost’, senior humanitarian warns Security Council
New York: “Irreversible damage” is being caused to the lives of Syrian civilians due to chronic under-funding of the international effort said the UN’s Assistant Secretary-General for humanitarian affairs on Monday, who told the Security Council the future of a whole generation was at stake.
Iranian military advisor killed in Syria
Tehran/UNI: A senior member of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps was killed in Syria, the state-owned Press TV reported Tuesday.
Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria completes mission to northeast
New York: The UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria, Imran Riza, on Wednesday concluded a four-day mission to the northeast, where he visited camps hosting thousands of displaced persons.
Jordan: As vast Za’atari refugee camp turns 10, Syrians face uncertain future
New York: Ten years since Jordan’s Za’atari camp opened its doors to 80,000 displaced Syrians, poverty now affects an increasing number of residents who face an uncertain future, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.
Syria to receive Chinese communications equipment soon
Damascus: Syria will soon receive communications equipment from China as part of an ongoing aid to the war-hit nation, media reports said on Saturday.
Syria: Security Council extends cross-border aid delivery for six months
The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution to extend lifesaving aid deliveries into northwest Syria from Türkiye for a further six months following a vote on Tuesday.
US airstrike kills leader of IS in Syria
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: United States military killed a leader of the Islamic State terrorist group (IS), banned in Russia, during an airstrike in Syria, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Tuesday.
Syria’s needs are at their highest ever, says top rights probe
New York: Syria’s humanitarian needs are at their highest ever and any move to block aid from reaching the war-torn country should be resisted strongly, a top UN Human Rights Council probe said on Wednesday.
Syria: Decade of brutal war left nearly 307,000 civilians dead
New York: Between 1 March 2011 and 31 March 2021, 306,887 civilians were killed in the on-going war in Syria - the highest estimate yet of conflict-related deaths in the country, according to a new report published by the UN rights office (OHCHR) on Tuesday.
Syria: Guterres underlines ‘moral imperative’ to continue cross-border aid operation from Türkiye
New York: With humanitarian needs in Syria at their highest levels since the start of the civil war more than 11 years ago, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appealed on Monday for the Security Council to renew a resolution on delivering lifesaving aid to millions in northwest Syria, through cross-border operations from neighbouring Türkiye.
Israeli missile attack injures civilian in Syrian capital
Damascus/UNI/Xinhua: A civilian was injured in Israeli airstrikes targeting sites south of the Syrian capital Damascus on Friday morning, a Syrian military statement said.
UNDP steps up efforts to keep Syrians off the daily breadline
New York: As the Syria war enters its 12th year, the impact that the war in Ukraine is having on food security, is being felt by the most vulnerable Syrians, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) said on Wednesday.
UN Syria Commission: ‘unconscionable to consider closing last border crossing’
New York: The UN Syria Commission of Inquiry said on Thursday that not extending current cross-border aid to Syria along the remaining route, would be a “failure of the highest order”. The warning to the Security Council comes as humanitarian needs throughout Syria are at their highest, since the start of the devastating 11-year war.
Syria: ‘Largest-ever number’ in need, warns UN relief chief
New York: With a scorching summer fast approaching, food prices rising and access to water and electricity limited in many parts of Syria, donors must make good on $4.3 billion in humanitarian pledges committed at last week’s Brussels funding conference, the UN’s senior humanitarian official told the Security Council on Friday.