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Oct 31, 2023 · FILE - The United Nations special envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, speaks to journalists in Damascus, Syria, Feb. 13, 2023. Pedersen said Monday, Oct. 30, that the Israel-Hamas war is spilling into Syria, fueled by growing instability, violence and a lack of progress toward a political solution to its 12-year conflict.
Oct 30, 2023 · The UN Special Envoy for Syria on Monday warned that civilians there are facing the “terrifying” prospect of a potential wider escalation given the uptick in violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Briefing the Security Council, Geir Pedersen said the country had been in a “strategic stalemate” since March 2020, with ...
Feb 5, 2024 · A drone attack on the largest US military base in Syria has killed at least six allied Kurdish-led fighters. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said its commando academy at the al-Omar oil field ...
May 19, 2023 · Syria, and the Assad regime, remain under US and European sanctions. Amnesty International, the human rights group, said that the president "turned Syria into a slaughterhouse".
Nov 13, 2023 · Updated 7:05 AM PDT, November 13, 2023. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon and U.S. officials say U.S. fighter aircraft conducted airstrikes on locations in eastern Syria involving Iranian-backed groups, likely causing casualties and destroying weapons stored at the two targets that were struck — a training facility and a safe house.
Oct 20, 2021 · A bomb attack on a military bus in central Damascus has killed 14 people, Syrian state media say. Two explosive devices attached to the vehicle blew up as it passed under Jisr al-Rais bridge ...
Dec 21, 2023 · Two weeks from the end of the year, the 2023 Humanitarian Response Plan for Syria is only 33 per cent funded. Just $1.8 billion has been received out of the required $5.4 billion. “As we have repeatedly warned, this lack of resources is severely constraining our ability to provide critical life-saving assistance to millions of people in need ...
