UN warns 30,000 already displaced from Syria’s Idlib
At least 30,000 residents have already been displaced from northwestern Syria’s Idlib province, the UN Secretary General’s spokesman warned Monday. Stephane Dujarric told reporters at…
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8 European UN members back Turkey on Idlib effort
Eight European UN Security Council members on Thursday supported Turkey’s diplomatic efforts to halt an offensive in Idlib, northwest Syria, according to Sweden’s UN envoy….
Yemeni minister: We are considering halting UN mission after proven bias
The Yemeni government is considering not extending the UN teams’ missions in the country after they have proven their bias, Yemen’s human rights minister Mohamed…
Trump leaves door open to meeting Iran’s Rouhani at UN General Assembly
President Donald Trump left the door open Wednesday to meeting with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly —…
Four million Iraqis return home after war on ISIS
Nearly four million Iraqis displaced by the war on ISIS have returned to their homes, the UN migration agency said in a report released Tuesday….
US cuts all funding for UN’s Palestine refugee agency
The U.S. on Friday announced it is zcutting all of its funding for the UN’s Palestine refugee agency. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Washington…
UN chief warns against military escalation in Syria
Military escalation in northwestern Syria will lead to catastrophic consequences for civilians, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday, amid signs of an imminent offensive…
Talks urgently needed to avoid Idlib ‘bloodbath’, says UN
Negotiations are urgently needed to avert “a civilian bloodbath” in Syria’s last major rebel bastion Idlib, the United Nations said on Thursday, after regime forces…
UN peacekeepers back on Golan Heights
Accompanied by the Russian military police, UN peacekeeping forces patrolled Thursday the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights for the first time since 2014, Russian General Staff spokesman…
Yemen ‘one air-strike away’ from cholera epidemic
The UN has warned that heavy fighting around Yemen’s main port – which is in the hands of the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels – is just…