Children and their parents gather around a fire to keep warm in the yard of a large warehouse in Jibreen, now used as a shelter for thousands of families who fled violence in eastern Aleppo. Photo: UNICEF / UN043357 / Al-Issa

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Syria: 700,000 People Trapped in 15 Besieged Areas

January 17, 2017January 18, 2017 RMN News 0 Comment Aleppo, Syria, UNICEF, United Nations, WHO

While efforts to fully implement a ceasefire in Syria continue, top United Nations (UN) officials appealed Monday for safe access

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President of Russia Vladimir Putin. Photo courtesy: Kremlin

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Aleppo Liberation: Putin and Assad Talk to End Syrian Crisis

December 26, 2016December 26, 2016 RMN News 0 Comment Aleppo, Bashar al-Assad, Russia, Syria, Syrian Crisis, UN, Vladimir Putin

President of Russia Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Syrian Arab Republic Bashar al-Assad last week

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) addresses a press conference, his last at United Nations headquarters, as his term of office draws to a close at the end of the year. At his side is his Spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric. UN Photo / Eskinder Debebe

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Evacuations Begin in the Troubled Syrian City of Aleppo

December 22, 2016December 23, 2016 RMN News 0 Comment Aleppo, Syria, UN

Evacuations have begun in the Syrian city of Aleppo, as an estimated 25,000 people have been evacuated from besieged neighbourhoods

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Children and their parents gather around a fire to keep warm in the yard of a large warehouse in Jibreen, now used as a shelter for thousands of families who fled violence in eastern Aleppo. Photo: UNICEF / UN043357 / Al-Issa

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Security Council to Send UN Monitors to War-Torn Aleppo

December 20, 2016December 20, 2016 RMN News 0 Comment Aleppo, Security Council, Syria, UN

Alarmed by the continued deterioration of the devastating humanitarian situation in the Syrian city of Aleppo, the Security Council on

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) addresses a press conference, his last at United Nations headquarters, as his term of office draws to a close at the end of the year. At his side is his Spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric. UN Photo / Eskinder Debebe

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Aleppo Is Now a Synonym for Hell: Ban Ki-moon

December 19, 2016December 20, 2016 RMN News 0 Comment Aleppo, António Guterres, Ban Ki-moon, Hell, Syria, UN

In his last press conference as United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon observed that “the carnage in Syria remains a gaping

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High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein. UN Photo/Pierre Albouy

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Zeid Urges Halt to Bombardment of Eastern Aleppo

December 15, 2016December 17, 2016 RMN News 0 Comment Aleppo, Human Rights, Syria

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al Hussein said Wednesday in Geneva that he is appalled that

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