Conflict
New York: Reports that violent extremists in Syria have executed civilians in the east of the war-torn country have been condemned by the UN’s top rights official, Michelle Bachelet. more
Hostilities in Syria’s southwest, mean cuts in vital aid across Jordanian border: Senior UN official

New York: Escalating conflict in Syria’s southwest has cut vital cross-border aid deliveries from neighbouring Jordan, a senior United Nations official said on Thursday, in an appea ...

Aid teams respond to escalating southwest Syria conflict: 750,000 civilians are at risk

New York: Vital humanitarian relief continues to reach Dera’a in south-west Syria, where 750,000 people are at risk and at least 45,000 people have been displaced amid a government- ...

‘Marathon of suffering’ in Syria conflict, far from over: UN humanitarian adviser

New York: The fighting in Syria “is not over” and neither is the “marathon of suffering” for millions of people in the war-torn country, a senior aid official at t ...

UN-EU conference on future of Syria opens in Brussels with urgent call for international support

New York: With the conflict in Syria into its eighth bloody year and human suffering worsening by the day, the United Nations and partners on Tuesday made a major appeal for additional fu ...

Security Council rejects Russian request to condemn airstrikes in Syria

New York: In an address to an emergency meeting of the Security Council on Saturday, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres cautioned against the crisis in Syria “ ...

Brief ceasefire in Douma only piece of good news for civilians in war-torn Syria, UN envoy says

New York: The United Nations mediator for the Syrian conflict told the Security Council on Friday that its three-week old demand for a ceasefire across the war-ravaged country was still n ...

As Syria conflict enters eighth year, UN agencies join call for peace and safe aid delivery

New York: Two United Nations relief agencies on Wednesday joined a chorus of international organizations and partners in the quest to end seven years of conflict in Syria, urging warring ...

Syria: UN aid convoy returns to eastern Ghouta

New York: The United Nations and partners on Friday reached the Syrian city of Douma in Eastern Ghouta to complete distribution of food aid after intense shelling cut short deliveries to ...

Victims of Syrian conflict ‘denied any meaningful justice,’ says UN-mandated panel

New York: The brutal conflict in Syria has not only claimed civilians as unintentional victims but has seen all warring parties deliberately target them with complete impunity employing u ...