Conflict

Aid convoy for Eastern Ghouta should arrive on Monday, UN and partners announce

New York: The United Nations and its partners plan to deliver much-needed relief assistance to the besieged Syrian enclave of eastern Ghouta this week, the global organization’s humanitarian wing said on Sunday. more

Intensified fighting across Syria having 'devastating' impact on civilians, warn UN agencies

New York, Jan 18 (JEN): Intensification in hostilities across Syria is having a “devastating” impact on civilians, United Nations agencies in the war-ravaged country said Wedn ...

A bloody start to 2018 in Syria; Over 30 children killed in two weeks – UNICEF

New York, Jan 15 (JEN): Only in the first 14 days of the year, more than 30 children have been killed in escalating violence in Syria's East Ghouta, where an estimated 200,000 childre ...

Syrian conflict has now lasted longer than World War II – UN humanitarian envoy

New York, Nov 10(Just Earth News): While there had been a period of de-escalation in many areas of war-riven Syria – reducing human suffering to some extent – the fighting now seems to ...