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UN strongly condemns ‘appalling’ attack on Syrian hospital
Senior UN officials have condemned a deadly attack on a hospital in Syria this past weekend, underlining the need for…
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Accountability crucial to ‘truly relegate’ Syria chemical weapons to history
Until those responsible for any and all chemical weapons use in Syria are held responsible, the global community will continue…
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During relative calm, growing humanitarian suffering in Syria, a ‘tragic irony’
Violent conflict, terrorism and human rights abuses continue in Syria as its besieged population suffers economic destitution, displacement, detention and…
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Syria: Prolonged violence, violation and abuse ‘bound to affect generations to come’
Millions of children trapped in protracted conflict in Syria continue to endure severe violence with little support for survivors, according to the UN…
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Revived peace process, lasting calm, and a new constitution needed in Syria
In addition to the challenges that all Syrians have faced during a 10-year conflict, women have experienced sexual and gender-based…
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Syria receives first COVID-19 vaccines, for most vulnerable
More than 250,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Syria on Thursday from the UN-backed COVAX initiative, to inoculate the…
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Ending Syria’s war is our collective responsibility, UN chief tells donor conference
Ending the war in Syria is the collective responsibility of the international community, UN Secretary-General António Guterres reaffirmed during a major…
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Syria’s decade of ‘death, destruction, displacement, disease, dread and despair’
Now is not the moment to reduce humanitarian aid to Syria, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator told the Security Council…
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‘No respite’ for civilians in Syria, UN officials urge international support
Senior United Nations officials have called on the international community to set up funding for relief programmes supporting millions of…
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FROM THE FIELD: Syrian photographers find hope despite 10 years of civil war
The pain and deprivation of individual Syrians and the widespread destruction, a decade of conflict has wrought on Syria, has…
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