Syria: 700,000 People Trapped in 15 Besieged Areas
While efforts to fully implement a ceasefire in Syria continue, top United Nations (UN) officials appealed Monday for safe access to reach the children and families who are still cut…
Aleppo Liberation: Putin and Assad Talk to End Syrian Crisis
President of Russia Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Syrian Arab Republic Bashar al-Assad last week and congratulated him on the completion of the operation to…
Evacuations Begin in the Troubled Syrian City of Aleppo
Evacuations have begun in the Syrian city of Aleppo, as an estimated 25,000 people have been evacuated from besieged neighbourhoods over the past five days. The United Nations said the…
Security Council to Send UN Monitors to War-Torn Aleppo
Alarmed by the continued deterioration of the devastating humanitarian situation in the Syrian city of Aleppo, the Security Council on Monday demanded all parties to provide the United Nations with…
Aleppo Is Now a Synonym for Hell: Ban Ki-moon
In his last press conference as United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon observed that “the carnage in Syria remains a gaping hole in the global conscience.” “Aleppo is now a synonym…
Zeid Urges Halt to Bombardment of Eastern Aleppo
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al Hussein said Wednesday in Geneva that he is appalled that the deal enabling the evacuation of many thousands of civilians,…