(United Nations/UNICEF) The heart breaking photograph of Omran Daqneesh, the little boy sitting alone in an ambulance with his face and body covered in blood and dirt after being pulled from a destroyed building has reminded the world, yet again, of the unimaginable horrors that Syrian children face every day, a spokesperson for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said today. “No child in Syria [is] safe while the conflict drags on,” Christophe Boulierac, […]
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Kerry sees hope of extending truce to Syria’s Aleppo
(Reuters) U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday talks were closer to extending a Syrian truce to Aleppo, the divided northern city where a sharp escalation of violence in recent weeks has torpedoed peace talks. Kerry was in Geneva for talks with other dignitaries to try to revive the first major ceasefire of the five-year Syrian war, which was put in place in February with U.S. and Russian backing but has since all […]
Syria ceasefire should be ‘revitalised’ before peace talks resume: UN envoy
GENEVA , Switzerland (AFP) — The UN’s Syria envoy said Thursday he planned to hold another round of peace talks next month, but called for a stuttering ceasefire to be “revitalized” before setting a date, as at least 20 civilians were killed in second city Aleppo. Staffan de Mistura made the comments after briefing the United Nations Security Council on the talks, which he said had made gains despite escalating violence on the ground that […]





