Children in conflict zones must be protected, not punished, said the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, together with Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, UN Special Rapporteur on the protection and promotion of human rights while countering terrorism, in a joint statement. “It is now time to bring them home,” they said. “Many children are…
OCHA Spokesperson Jens Laerke, told reporters in Geneva that the current phase was still “a humanitarian emergency where we look at, ‘What do the survivors need? How can we support those who have survived this devastating earthquake?’” Help for millions in need In Türkiye, where over nine million have been directly affected, the UN and partners have…
Hundreds of thousands of workers in both countries have lost their livelihoods because of the earthquakes, preliminary findings showed in the new ILO assessments of the disaster’s impact on the labour market. “Employment promotion is central to a successful and inclusive response to this disaster,” said ILO Director-General Gilbert Houngbo. “People can only begin to…
19 killed in US strikes on Iranian bases in Syria; Photo: File Tehran: Iran has warned that US attacks on Iran-linked targets in Syria will be responded to immediately and with greater intensity. According to the international news agency, the statement issued by the spokesman of the Iranian army said that the US has the…
—Photo: Reuters Ottawa: US President Joe Biden has warned Iran that it will ‘use force’ to protect US citizens following a recent airstrike on ‘Iranian-backed forces’ in Syria. The US President’s statement has come at a time when there was a clash between US forces and Iranian ‘support forces’ in Syria yesterday and an American…
File photo On Thursday night, the US military carried out multiple airstrikes in Syria, killing 11 fighters. Earlier in a drone attack in Syria, an American contractor was killed and another was injured, 5 soldiers were also injured in the attack. The Pentagon claimed that the drone attack was carried out by an Iranian group,…
Photos courtesy of Foreign Media An American contractor was killed in a drone attack in Syria, while 6 people, including soldiers, were injured. According to the Pentagon, an American contractor was killed and another contractor and 5 American soldiers were injured in a drone attack on a US installation at a coalition military base in…
After Iran, the relationship between Saudi Arabia and Syria has also been smoothed, Saudi Arabia and Syria will reopen their embassies after Eid-ul-Fitr. Regional and diplomatic sources in the Gulf, while talking to the news agency, said that relations between Saudi Arabia and Syria, which had been severed for a decade, are being restored. Saudi…
War-torn Syria and neighbouring Türkiye were rocked by twin earthquakes on 6 February, which killed more than 56,000 people and caused widespread destruction, displacing millions. “The situation today is so unprecedented that it calls for leadership, bold ideas and a cooperative spirit,” said Mr. Pedersen, speaking via videoconference from Geneva. “A political solution is…
File photo An Israeli drone crashed in Syria, the Israeli army confirmed the accident. According to the army, the drone was on normal operation, the incident is under investigation. The army also said in the statement that there are currently no reports of any information being leaked from the drone. setTimeout(function(){ !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=’2.0′;…
