Conflict

Syria: UN agency ready to expand aid work in Yarmouk, if reported truce holds

New York, June 24 (JEN): Following a reported ceasefire in the besieged Yarmouk camp in Syria, the United Nations agency that administers aid to Palestinian refugees across the Middle East said it is ready to resume and expand its humanitarian activities as soon as it has access to the site. more

Removal of Syria’s chemical weapons material complete: OPCW-UN mission

New York, June 24 (JEN): The Joint Mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the United Nations (OPCW-UN) announced Monday that the removal of Syria’s chemica ...

Syria: UN to create safeguard observatory of cultural heritage

New York, May 29 (JEN): In hopes of ebbing the ‘cultural haemorrhage’ in Syria, the United Nations cultural agency on Wednesday announced that it will establish an observatory to monitor ...

Ban condemns attack on electoral rally in Syria

New York, May 24 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday condemned a deadly mortar attack on an electoral rally in southern Syria and reiterated his call for an end to ...

Syria: UN-Arab League envoy Brahimi quits

New York, May 14 (JEN): Amidst an international community “hopelessly divided” over how to end more than three years of bloodshed in Syria, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon o ...

Syria: UN urges complete removal of chemical weapons

New York, May 9 (JEN): The head of the Joint Mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the United Nations (OPCW-UN) on Thursday called for safe and unfettered a ...

Syria: Gunfire forces UN to suspend food delivery

New York, May 6 (JEN): Gunfire stopped distribution of food on Monday in a besieged Palestinian refugee camp, a United Nations spokesperson confirmed on Monday, reiterating demands that the ...

Syria: Ban deplores targeting of civilians for tactical purposes

New York, May 1 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday condemned ‘in the strongest terms’ the latest attacks in Syria – which left dozens of civilians dead or ...

Chemical watchdog to probe chlorine gas attacks in Syria

New York, Apr 30 (JEN): The head of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said on Tuesday it will seek to “establish the facts” surrounding allegations of the u ...

Syria: UN issues plea to save besieged civilians

New York, Apr 24 (JEN): Calling urgently on Syrian authorities and the opposition to allow aid access, end siege warfare and halt the indiscriminate bombing of civilians, the top United Nati ...