Syria

Syria has postponed the transitional parliament selection in three provinces. The delay affects Druze-majority Sweida and two Kurdish-held provinces. The official reason is to ensure a safe environment for the process. Sweida…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS – UN human rights top independent experts on Tuesday focused on Iran, Syria and Venezuela during the 47-member body’s latest session. The experts pointed to grave violations of fundamental rights in Iran,…

By Anjali Sharma= UNITED NATIONS- UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Monday that 14 years of civil war have left Syrian people in desperate need but international support is dwindling, as he called for urgent investment in the…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS - UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen on Saturday raised alarm over renewed violence and growing instability, warned that without urgent action, Syria’s fragile transition could be at risk, as it…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS – Top envoy Geir Pedersen on Thursday expressed cautious optimism about the  Constitutional Declaration issued by Syria’s caretaker authorities marked a pivotal moment in the country’s turbulent transition…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS - UN human rights office, OHCHR, confirmed on Tuesday that days of violence against Syria’s mainly ethnic Alawite communities have included the summary execution of entire families. OHCHR spokesperson…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS – UNICEF on Monday has said that children are reported among dead over 1,000 people killed in fierce fighting over the weekend in Syria’s coastal northwest. According to Edouard Beigbeder, UNICEF’s Regional…

By Anjali SHARMA UNITED NATIONS - UN human rights chief Volker Turk said on Sunday that the killing of civilians in coastal areas in northwest Syria must cease immediately, after a series of coordinated attacks reportedly launched by…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS - UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu on Friday briefed the members of the UN Security Council and told that the fall of the Assad regime has created a historic opportunity to rid…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS – Top envoy on Syria Geir Pedersen on Tuesday condemned ongoing Israeli attacks inside Syrian territory and continuing violations in and around the demilitarized zone created as part of a 1974 ceasefire…