Posts Tagged: UN Syria
War Crimes Likely Committed in Syria’s Coastal Massacres, UN Commission Finds
War crimes were likely committed by interim government forces as well as by fighters loyal to Syria's former rulers during sectarian violence that culminated in a series of massacres in March, UN...
Entire Families Killed in Syria’s Military Crackdown, UN Says
Entire families including women and children were killed in Syria's coastal region as part of a series of sectarian killings by the army against an insurgency by Bashar al-Assad loyalists, the...
Syria’s De Facto Leader Says Country Ready to Welcome UN Forces in Buffer Zone With Israel
Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Thursday his country is ready to welcome UN forces into the UN established buffer zone with Israel. "Israel's advance in the region was due to the presence of Iranian militias and Hezbollah. After the liberation...
UN Chief to Security Council: ‘We Cannot Give Up on People of Syria’
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to the Security Council on Monday to extend its approval of aid deliveries from Turkey to millions of people in...
Syrian Regime’s Election to WHO Executive Board Condemned by Human Rights Activists
A leading human rights NGO that monitors the United Nations has expressed disgust at the election of Syria to the executive board of the World...
UN Raises $7.7 Billion for Syrians Beset by War and COVID-19
The United Nations raised $7.7 billion in humanitarian aid on Tuesday for Syria, where nine years of war have displaced millions in a humanitarian crisis...
UN Finds ‘Highly Probable’ Syrian Government, Allies Targeted School, Hospitals
It is "highly probable" the government of Syria or its allies carried out attacks on three healthcare facilities, a school and a refuge for children...
UN Says Syria Airstrikes Killed at Least 100 Civilians in Past 10 Days
Airstrikes by the Syrian government and its allies on schools, hospitals, markets and bakeries have killed at least 103 civilians in the past 10 days,...
UN: Syrian Fighters Burning Crops, Using Food as ‘Weapon of War’
Fighters have set fire to thousands of acres of wheat and other crops in northwest Syria in a campaign that has turned food supplies in...
UN Investigators Hot on Trail of Syrian War Criminals
International investigators are moving ever closer to finding justice for victims of atrocities in Syria's eight-year war that has killed hundreds of thousands of people,...
UN Completes Food Distribution In Remote Syria Camp Near Jordan
The United Nations has finished distribution of aid to thousands of Syrians, mostly women and children, stranded in the desert close to the border with...
Why UNIFIL’s Existence Remains in Israel’s Interest
JNS.org - Many people in Israel believe that the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is like the three wise monkeys at the Tosho-gu...
UN: Number of Displaced in Southern Syria Climbs to 270,000
The number of people forced to flee their homes in southwestern Syria as a result of the two week escalation in fighting has climbed to...
UN: Both Sides Committed War Crimes During Siege of Syria’s Ghouta
Syrian government troops and affiliated forces committed war crimes and a crime against humanity in their long siege of eastern Ghouta through heavy bombardment and...
