Geopolitics

Ukraine war: Middle East food prices soaring, as donor fatigue kicks in, Security Council hears

New York: Amid growing donor fatigue and a brutal war in Ukraine that has diverted the world’s attention, the world must not forget millions of people in need across the Middle East and North Africa, the UN chief told the Security Council on Wednesday. more

Syria committed to ‘combating and eradicating terrorism’, General Assembly hears

New York: In his speech to the high-level debate at the UN General Assembly on Monday, Fayssal Mekdad, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Syria, reaffirmed his country’ ...

On Afghanistan, Qatar calls for separating aid from political differences

New York: The international community must continue to support Afghanistan, the Emir of the State of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, told the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, warni ...

Work still remains on destruction of Syria chemical weapons

New York: Identifying perpetrators of chemical weapon attacks, and holding them accountable, must remain a priority, a senior UN official said on Wednesday during the latest Security Coun ...

US bombing on Iraq-Syria border aimed at destroying sites used to launch sophisticated drone attacks by Iran

Baghdad: President Joe Biden-directed defensive precision airstrike against facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups in the Iraq Syria border region on Sunday evening was a retaliati ...

Syria: ‘Gulf of mistrust’, complex realities, prevent political progress

Progress towards resolving Syria’s decade-long war is unlikely, given the ‘gulf of mistrust’ among parties and complexity of conditions on the ground, the chief UN media ...

Accountability crucial to ‘truly relegate’ Syria chemical weapons to history

New York: Until those responsible for any and all chemical weapons use in Syria are held responsible, the global community will continue sending a message of impunity, the senior UN disar ...

Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone shelled 46 times in past day: Reconciliation Center

Moscow/Sputnik: The Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group (banned in Russia) shelled Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone 46 times over the past 24 hours, Rear Adm. Alexander Karpov, deputy hea ...

Reconciliation center says terrorists shelled Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone 22 times

Moscow/Sputnik: Rear Adm. Alexander Karpov, deputy head of the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria, said at a briefing that the Jabhat al-N ...

‘Reasonable grounds’ to believe Syrian military helicopter deployed chemical weapon: OPCW

New York: A report released on Monday by the body dedicated to freeing the world of chemical weapons, concludes that there are “reasonable grounds” to believe that a Syrian mi ...