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New York: There is a “sign of hope for the long-suffering Syrian people” as a Syrian-led, Syrian-owned, credible and inclusive Constitutional Committee is set to start deliberations next month, the United Nations Special Envoy for the country told the Security Council on Monday. more
UN report on Syria conflict highlights inhumane detention of women and children

New York: As the people of north-west Syria face intensifying violence, tens of thousands of women and children continue to be kept in “inhumane conditions” in a remote camp o ...

Paying tribute and strengthening the role of #WomenHumanitarians on World Humanitarian Day

New York, Aug 19 (IBNS): The work of women humanitarians makes a “huge difference” to the lives of millions of women, men and children in urgent need, the United Nations chief ...

Syria: Thousands of children ‘hemmed in’ by ‘brutal and gratuitous’ spike in violence

New York, May 31 (JEN): A marked escalation in fighting has put tens of thousands of children in northwest Syria at “imminent risk of injury, death and displacement”, the Unit ...

Eight years in, Syria still embroiled in conflict ‘that no longer sparks outrage’, Security Council hears

New York, May 29 (JEN): After eight years of deadly air strikes and terrorist attacks that have left hundreds of thousands of Syrians dead and millions of others injured, United Nations D ...

Risk grows of 'catastrophic humanitarian fallout' in Syria's Idlib, where 3 million are trapped: top UN officials urge unity in Security Council

New York: The UN’s Political and Humanitarian Affairs chiefs on Friday called on the Security Council to unite in support of an immediate de-escalation of fighting around Syria&rsqu ...

1.7 mln Syrian refugees wish to return home: Russian center

Moscow (Xinhua/UNI): Around 1.7 million Syrian refugees registered in foreign countries are hoping to return to their homeland, the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for the Reconcili ...

At most 117 children die in battered camp in northeastern Syria: watchdog

Damascus (Xinhua/UNI) As many as 117 children died in a battered camp in northeastern Syria over the past few months, a war monitor reported Friday.

Over 900 Syrian refugees return home from abroad over past 24 hours: Russian Military

Moscow (Sputnik/UNI): More than 900 Syrian refugees have returned to their home country from neighboring Jordan and Lebanon over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry's Cent ...

Storms and snow in Lebanon worsen plight for Syrian refugees

New York: Storm-force winds and snow across Lebanon have worsened the plight for tens of thousands of Syrian refugees who’ve been forced from their homes by nearly eight years of co ...