UN vehicles travel along a road lined with remnants of destroyed buildings, Homs, Syria. (file) Photo: UNICEF / UNI178367 / Tiku (file photo)

Conflict De-escalation Zones to be Set Up in Syria

May 5, 2017May 8, 2017 RMN News Iran, Russia, Syria, UN

Following the signing of a deal on Thursday to setup the ‘de-escalation zones’ in Syria, the United Nations (UN) envoy

A group of volunteers, led by a fourth-year former architecture student, links two basements with a tunnel and turns them into an underground playground in the Syrian Arab Republic. to provide children with a relatively safe place to play and have fun together.

Leo Messi Foundation Helps for Syrian Children’s Education

May 5, 2017May 7, 2017 RMN News Children, Education, Leo Messi, Syrian

UNICEF has installed 20 new prefabricated classrooms in Tartus, Syria, and rural areas of Damascus, thanks to a donation from

Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini, speaking in Geneva on her appointment as UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador. UN Photo / Daniel Johnson

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Syrian Swimmer Named UN Refugee Agency Goodwill Ambassador

April 28, 2017April 30, 2017 RMN News Ambassador, Refugee, Swimmer, Syrian, UN

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) appointed Thursday Yusra Mardini as its new Goodwill Ambassador.

An Afghan traffic policeman controls a traffic jam in Maidan Shar. Photo UNAMA / Fardin Waezi.

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Report Reveals High Numbers of Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan

April 28, 2017April 29, 2017 RMN News Afghanistan, Civilian, UNAMA

The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) urges all parties to the conflict to take immediate and concrete measures to

Destroyed health centre in Sakhour, east Aleppo, Syria, which, four years ago, provided 20,000 Iraqi refugees with health care. Today, the UN is looking into its rehabilitation. Photo: OCHA/MB

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UN Calls for an End to Attacks on Syrian Hospitals

April 27, 2017April 29, 2017 RMN News Hospitals, Syria, Syrian, UN

Following reports of airstrikes that damaged hospitals in northern Syria, two senior United Nations (UN) humanitarian officials on Wednesday called

Minute of silence being observed at the annual Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare held at the Headquarters of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague. 2015. Photo: OPCW

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Terrorists in the Middle East Using Chemical Weapons: UN Chief

April 27, 2017April 28, 2017 RMN News António Guterres, Chemical Weapons, Terrorists, UN

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday warned that progress made in eliminating the world’s declared stockpiles of chemical weapons