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UNICEF: Grim start to new year as 2 children are killed, 5 injured, in Syria
Warring parties should never attack children or the services they rely on, a senior official with the UN children’s agency,…
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UN envoy outlines ‘possibilities for progress’ in Syria next year
Now is the time to explore whether a political process in Syria can meaningfully move forward in 2022, UN Special…
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Syria: Conflict, COVID and rising costs, ‘pushing people beyond their limits’
World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director David Beasley concluded a three-day visit to Syria on Friday, warning that more people there are…
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Syria: Progress still possible, following ‘disappointment’ over constitutional talks
Although the outcome of the latest meeting of the Syrian Constitutional Committee was “a disappointment”, members must continue their vital work, the UN…
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‘Big disappointment’ over lack of Syria constitution agreement
The process of drafting a new constitution for Syria has been “a big disappointment” UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen concluded…
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Four children killed on their way to school in northwest Syria
Four children – three boys and a girl – were killed on Monday morning while travelling to school in northwest…
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UNHCR chief urges better support for 13 million ‘exhausted’ and displaced Syrians
UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has urged greater international support for the more than 13 million Syrians who’ve been displaced in…
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Process to draft Syria constitution begins this week
The process of drafting a new constitution for Syria will begin this week, the UN Special Envoy for the country,…
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UN launches initiative to support returnees trapped in Syria camps
When the extremist militant group ISIL, or Da’esh, collapsed in Iraq and Syria, thousands of foreign nationals were hastily detained in prisons and camps. At…
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Now is the time to push for political resolution in Syria: UN envoy
Following a decade of appalling suffering and losses in Syria, and amid a current period of relative calm, now is…
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