Geopolitics

Syria: UN agencies deliver critical food aid, medicines to families trapped in rural Damascus

New York, Nov 1(Just Earth News): As part of a humanitarian aid convoy to besieged towns on the outskirts of the Syrian capital, Damascus, United Nations agencies have delivered desperately needed health supplies, hygiene kits and food rations for tens of thousands of people. more

With 13 million inside Syria needing aid, UN relief chief says impact of crisis remains 'profound'

New York, Oct 31(Just Earth News): The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or D'aesh) may be largely pushed out of Syria's Raqqa governorate, but after years of oppression and nearly ...

Syrian parties should join next round of Geneva talks ‘without preconditions’ – UN envoy

New York, Sept 28(Just Earth News): The United Nations is set to convene the next round of the intra-Syrian talks in Geneva by the end of October or in early November, the UN mediator told t ...

Syria: Agreement on ‘de-escalation zones’ could lift UN-facilitated political talks

New York, May 12(Just Earth News): The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, said on Thursday that next week’s UN-facilitated talks in Geneva will benefit from the dy ...

‘We need to start now’ on road to peace, UN envoy says as Syria negotiations open in Geneva

New York, Feb 24 (Just Earth News): Welcoming the representatives of the Syrian Government and its opposition to the United Nations-facilitated negotiations that opened on Thursday in Geneva ...

In Turkey, UN chief Guterres discusses Syria, Iraq, Cyprus with President

New York, Feb 12 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General AntÃ³nio Guterres on Saturday met with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan in Istanbul to discuss the situations ...

Syria: UN-supported talks delayed until 20 February to give opposition time to unite

New York, Feb 1 (Just Earth News): The United Nations envoy for Syria on Tuesday said that he asked the Security Council to postpone the UN facilitated talks that had been scheduled for 8 ...

Syria: Joint UN-Red Crescent relief convoy reaches besieged cities for first time in five months

New York, Sept 27 (Just Earth News): The United Nations and Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) have delivered life-saving food aid to 60,000 people under siege in four Syrian towns, their first ...

Syria: UN envoy aims for peace talks to resume in late August

New York, July 27 (Just Earth News): The United Nations envoy mediating a resolution to the five-year crisis in Syria said on Tuesday he aims to convene a new round of intra-Syrian peace tal ...

Syria: UN envoy urges ‘well prepared’ peace talks for concrete political transition

New York, June 30 (Just Earth News):The United Nations envoy mediating a resolution to the crisis in Syria on Wednesday said that the next round of the intra-Syrian talks must be well prepar ...