The United Nations Security Council travelled to northern Mali on Saturday to push for implementation of a fragile peace deal aimed at ending a cycle of internal uprisings and allowing the government to combat the growing threat of Islamist militants. Tuareg rebels demanding autonomy for their northern homeland, the government[…]
Turkey continues to shell Kurdish forces in Syria, hampering their operations against Al-Nusra terrorists, and at the same time funneling supplies to the militant-controlled areas at the border, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported. Turkish activities in the region are undermining the ceasefire and crippling the efforts aimed at launching the inter-Syrian[…]
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has warned EU leaders that the continent is facing a “self-induced humanitarian crisis,” with over 24,000 people stuck on the Macedonian border, and with as many arrivals in two months of 2016 as in the first six of last year. “UNHCR is warning today that[…]
The war in Syria has robbed it of its modern history and four decades of social and economic progress, a UN official said at the Valdai discussion forum in Moscow, where over 100 international officials have gathered to discuss the Middle East crisis. Over 100 political, academic and clerical figures[…]
In figures it calls “staggering”, the United Nations says almost 19,000 civilians have been killed and more than 36,000 wounded in violence in Iraq since the start of 2014. In a new joint report published on Tuesday, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq and the Office of the United[…]
Libya’s Presidential Council has announced a new government of national accord aimed at uniting the country’s warring factions under a UN-backed plan. The Tunis-based council had pushed back the deadline for naming the government by 48 hours, amid reports of disputes over the distribution of ministerial posts, before Tuesday’s announcement[…]
Aid convoys headed for a besieged Syrian town on Monday where thousands are trapped and the United Nations says people are reported to have died of starvation. Dozens of trucks bearing the Red Crescent logo and carrying food and medical supplies left Damascus for Madaya near the Lebanese border as[…]
The United Nations has launched a fact finding mission into new allegations that its peacekeepers sexually abused four underage girls in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR). The UN mission in CAR, known as MINUSCA, said in a statement on Tuesday that it was “investigating fresh allegations[…]
OPINION by Khaled Al-Dakheel – Syria’s present day borders are the result of the 1916 Sykes-Picot agreement between France and Britain. In the final weeks of 2015, the UN Security Council has been drawing up an agreement that could potentially bring about a new future for Syria and provide a[…]
Libya’s two rival factions have signed a UN-backed deal to form a unity government at a ceremony in Morocco. Chants of “Libya, Libya” erupted as representatives from both parliaments signed the accord on Thursday in Skhirat, just south of the Moroccan capital Rabat. The peace deal calls for a presidential[…]
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