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UNSC to hold urgent session on Syria
The UN Security Council is scheduled to hold an emergency meeting on the current situation in Syria on Sunday, officials said. The meeting is scheduled at the request of the US and France, two of the five permanent members of the 15-nation UN body, diplomatic sources told Xinhua news agency reported. UN officials also confirmed …
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September 25, 2016 -
UNSC to hold urgent session on Syria
The UN Security Council is scheduled to hold an emergency meeting on the current situation in Syria on Sunday, officials said. The meeting is scheduled at the request of the US and France, two of the five permanent members of the 15-nation UN body, diplomatic sources told Xinhua news agency reported. UN officials also confirmed …
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September 25, 2016 -
US has apologised for airstrikes in Syria: Russia FM
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Saturday that the United States had apologized to Syrian President Bashar Assad for the airstrikes against Syrian government troops. "Yes, they have apologized," Xinhua news agency quoted Lavrov as saying in an interview. Commenting on restoring truce in the war-battered country, Lavrov said it is only possible on …
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September 24, 2016 -
Intense Syrian, Russian strikes kill 25 in Aleppo
Heavy Syrian and Russian air strikes on rebel-held eastern areas of Aleppo city killed at least 25 civilians on Saturday, a monitor said, overwhelming doctors and rescue workers. The toll was expected to rise because people remained trapped under rubble, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The intense raids continued for a …
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September 24, 2016 -
Two million people in Aleppo without running water, says UN
A UN official says nearly 2 million people in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo are without running water as security conditions deteriorate. Hanaa Singer, UNICEF representative in Syria, says intense attacks after midnight Thursday have damaged the Bab al-Nairab station that supplies some 250,000 people in rebel-held eastern parts of the contested city with water. Singer said …
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September 24, 2016 -
Truce in tatters
There is a fair measure of confusion and far too little by way of clarity regarding the confirmed violation of the ceasefire in Syria days after the agreement was brokered by the US and Russia in Geneva. The direly tragic element of the suspected Russian aerial bombing of a UN aid convoy near Aleppo, now …
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September 22, 2016 -
Obama calls for more efforts to help refugees
US President Barack Obama has called on the countries to open hearts and do more to help refugees who are desperate for home. "We should all understand that ultimately our world will be more secure if we are prepared to help those in need," Obama said in his final speech at the United Nations General …
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September 20, 2016 -
Russia furious as US blames it for Syria aid strike
Moscow reacted furiously to "unsubstantiated" accusations from the United States that Syrian or Russian planes were responsible for bombing an aid convoy in Syria’s Aleppo. At least 18 trucks in a 31-vehicle convoy were destroyed late Monday as they delivered humanitarian assistance to desperate civilians in Orum al-Kubra in the Aleppo region, according to the …
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September 20, 2016 -
France’s Hollande on Syria tells UN: ‘Enough is enough’
French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday appealed for an end to the carnage in Syria, telling the United Nations: "Enough is enough". "The Syrian tragedy will be seen by history as a disgrace for the international community if we do not end it quickly," Hollande told the General Assembly. The French leader described Aleppo, which …
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September 20, 2016 -
UN aid convoy in Syria hit by airstrike
A UN humanitarian aid convoy in Syria was hit by airstrikes, UN officials said, as the Syrian military declared that the week-long US-Russian brokered ceasefire had failed. With the truce apparently teetering, the US brushed off Damascus’ assertions and said it’s prepared to extend the agreement, while Russia — after blaming rebels for the violations …
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September 20, 2016