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3 days ago · 30 May 2024 Peace and Security. Syria remains plagued by a severe and complex security and humanitarian situation, against a backdrop of broader political impasse, senior UN officials told the Security Council on Thursday, underscoring the need for a comprehensive approach that involves all key stakeholders. Martin Griffiths, the UN Emergency ...
3 days ago · The economic and humanitarian situation in Syria is getting worse, but Syria is heavily underfunded in terms of humanitarian assistance. “It is the current political situation in Syria that restricts humanitarian access and poses ongoing risks to humanitarian workers,” he emphasized, adding that keeping cross-border operations open should not be hampered by political dynamics.
3 days ago · “Many understand that the situation in Syria is dangerous, that the current piecemeal approach will not suffice to stem the tide, and that a strategy of containment and alleviation will not stabilize the dangerous and unpredictable situation in Syria – just as it hasn’t elsewhere in the region,” he said.
3 days ago · More people need humanitarian assistance than at any time in the conflict – 16.7 million on the latest assessments. Syria remains a protection crisis. Children continue to be killed, women and girls continue to fear for their safety and across Syria, more than 7 million people remain displaced, a figure surpassed only by Sudan.
2 days ago · Turkey has carried a series of military operations in Syria to drive Syrian Kurdish militia groups away from its border since 2016, and controls a swath of territory in the north. Turkish leaders frequently speak of plans to establish a 30-kilometer (19-mile) deep safe zone along its border in Syria and Iraq, where the PKK has a foothold, to protect its borders.
3 days ago · By Reuters. May 29, 202412:22 PM PDTUpdated a day ago. May 29 (Reuters) - Israel launched air attacks on Syria's central region as well as the coastal city of Baniyas, killing a child and...
5 days ago · Borell brought attention to the gravity of the situation in Syria as one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world, with 70 percent of the population in urgent need of humanitarian aid. He also highlighted the alarming security situation with continued breaches of international humanitarian law by the Bashar Al-Assad government and Islamic ...
