Conflict

‘Highly explosive’ escalation of conflict and displacement across Syria’s Idlib, says top UN official

New York: The situation inside Syria’s Idlib threatens to become “highly explosive” amid an uptick in conflict between armed groups and a spike in the number of people displaced inside the war-torn country, a top UN aid official said on Monday. more

Syria: Civilians bear brunt of unilateral sanctions, exacerbating ‘unparalleled suffering, destruction,’ says UN expert

New York: Syrian civilians are frequently being denied live-saving humanitarian support – an unintended consequence of unilateral sanctions, that are exacerbating an already dire si ...

Syria: Break impasse in Security Council, avoid situation ‘spiraling out of control’ – UN chief

New York: Amid the risks of the situation in Syria “spiraling out of control,” the United Nations chief has appealed to the five permanent members of the Security Council to b ...

‘When weapons speak, civilians pay the price,’ says UN aid chief as Syria war grinds on

New York: More than 1,700 people have reportedly been killed in military operations and airstrikes on Eastern Ghouta since late February, the United Nations aid chief said on Tuesday, des ...

Syria ‘bleeding inside and out’ as conflict enters eighth year, says UN chief

New York: Despite a United Nations Security Council demand to institute a 30-day ceasefire across Syria, airstrikes, shelling and ground offensives have intensified in Eastern Ghouta, Sec ...

Fighting prevents UN and aid partners from returning to Syria’s war-battered east Ghouta

New York: Continuing fighting forced the postponement on Thursday of a United Nations inter-agency relief convoy to Douma, a neighborhood in Syria’s war-ravaged Eastern Ghouta, a UN ...

Those responsible for war crimes in Syria ‘will be held accountable for what they have done,’ says UN rights chief

New York: War crimes, potentially crimes against humanity, are likely being committed in east Ghouta and elsewhere in Syria, and the United Nations human rights chief warned on Friday tha ...

Humanitarian diplomacy ‘getting nowhere’ in Syria warns UN special adviser

New York, Feb 2 (JEN): Civilians in Syria’s besieged areas have not seen a single convoy of humanitarian aid arrive for a full two months, a senior United Nations adviser said on Th ...

Relentless fighting in Syria continues to exact terrible toll on civilians, says UN deputy aid chief

New York, Jan 31 (JEN): Hostilities in Syria continues to drive hundreds of thousands from their homes and the number of displaced in the seemingly unending conflict continues to rise alo ...