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The armed conflict in Syria has now lasted for more than ten years. What started as an uprising during the 2011 Arab Spring soon turned into one of the most deadly and destructive civil wars of the modern era. The conflict has reached a violent protracted stalemate in which several different armed confrontations are taking place at the same time, overlapping with regional-security concerns about Turkish, Iranian, Israeli, Kurdish and jihadi activity.
Mar 15, 2021 · War broke the social and business ties that bound neighbors to their community. "It was a hard ten years," Ahlam Rachid, a 52-year-old aid worker at World Vision in Syria's Idlib province, tells ...
Mar 10, 2021 · 10 March 2021 Peace and Security. Secretary-General António Guterres has underlined the UN’s determination to continue pursuing a negotiated political settlement to the Syrian civil war, a “living nightmare” that has endured for 10 years now. Briefing journalists at UN Headquarters on Wednesday, the UN chief stressed the need for ...
Mar 15, 2023 · Three senior UN officials underscored the need for a political solution to end the war in Syria, in statements marking the 12th anniversary of the conflict on Wednesday. For UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, this was an opportunity to remember the countless lives lost, and recall the abuses and suffering of millions, including those ...
Jun 29, 2023 · Some 6.8 million people are internally displaced in Syria. Syrians are facing an “ever worsening humanitarian crisis” amid the ongoing 12-year-long conflict, top UN officials told the Security Council on Thursday, as the General Assembly adopted a resolution to create a first-of-its-kind institution to address the issue of more than 100,000 ...
5 days ago · Amid the Israel-Palestine and Russia-Ukraine conflicts, the Syrian civil war rages on, overshadowed and underreported. Millions of Syrians continue to suffer from violence, displacement, and severe humanitarian crises, with critical aid dwindling and the world’s attention elsewhere. The urgent plight of Syria’s people remains a pressing, if forgotten, global concern
Feb 5, 2024 · Syrian civil war. 2 days ago. Lebanon's shift from safe haven to hostile country for Syrian refugees. Anti-refugee sentiment in Lebanon is not new, but it has increased significantly in recent years.
