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US diplomats concerned over Syria policy implications
More than 50 US diplomats signed an internal memo urging the Obama administration to approve military airstrikes against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, widely held responsible for massacre and displacement of millions of Syrians....Jun 17, 2016 858 0 -
Syria falls back into volcano of violence
Hopes that Syria – decimated by more than five years of multilayered conflicts – could finally be put on path to rehabilitation – were dashed to pieces after a series of civilian killings from bombings of...Apr 30, 2016 1178 0 -
Angelina Jolie meets Syrian refugee family; reminds world of duty
Angelina Jolie Pitt – who met a Syrian family in Lebanon’s Bekka valley, made an impassioned call on the international community to commit itself to resolution of the refugees crisis and the conflict that entered its fifth year on...Mar 15, 2016 1449 0 -
The Future of Syria -Peace Talks come with Reminders of Responsibility
As the United Nations announced this week that warring parties would convene for Syria peace talks on Monday, Save the Children organization has reminded the world of its obligation to save the future of Syrian boys and...Mar 11, 2016 924 0 -
Interfaith convention backs US taking in more Syrian refugees
An interfaith convention of Imams and Rabbis has expressed support for United States resettling more refugees from Syria, as five-year-old conflict in the Arab country continues to push vulnerable families into neighboring states already struggling to...Feb 26, 2016 1052 0 -
US, Russia announce plan for ceasefire in Syria from Saturday
The United States and Russia, co-chairs of the International Syria Support Group (ISSG), on Monday announced a plan to effect cessation of hostilities in the conflict-ravaged Arab country at 00:00 Damascus time on February 27. A...Feb 23, 2016 900 0 -
UN warns of war crimes in Syria ; US condemns latest Russian bombing on Aleppo
The United Nations has warned of “shocking” violence and abuses in and around the city of Aleppo, as Russian and Syrian attacks against innocent civilian raised questions about the internationally endorsed Munich accord on “cessation of hostilities”...Feb 15, 2016 904 0 -
Aleppo siege: 80% of 30,000 new Syrians refugees are women & children
The United Nations is reporting a new exodus of tens of thousand of civilians from Syria, with appalling proportions of women and children amidst encirclement of Aleppo and violence in other areas of the bleeding country,...Feb 9, 2016 1447 0 -
Syrian suffering – a blot on collective conscience
The heartrending images of skeleton-thin children starving to death in the besieged town of Madaya on Thursday sent another chilling reminder to the world of the unspeakable horrors Syrians have gone through in the last five...Jan 11, 2016 1545 0 -
Will New UN initiative end Syrian nightmare?
An agreement between deeply divided countries in Vienna on a new UN diplomatic initiative toward ending the Syrian imbroglio and U.S. decision to send a small number of troops for an assistance mission in the north of...Nov 3, 2015 1743 0