Syria transition gains ground with Kurdish deal, but violence and humanitarian strain persist
A new agreement between the Syrian government and Kurdish-led forces in the country’s northeast is being viewed by…
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Syria: Renewed clashes risk derailing fragile transition
They urged swift implementation of recent agreements to prevent renewed fighting, protect civilians and preserve fragile gains made…
Prison breaks and renewed clashes raise alarm in northeast Syria
Secretary-General António Guterres is following the continuing violence “with great concern,” Deputy UN Spokesperson Farhan Haq said on Tuesday in…
Fragile progress in Syria, at risk from exclusion and foreign interference, UN warns
They warned that foreign military action, political exclusion and dwindling resources threaten to undo fragile gains. UN Special…
Syria: Political transition on ‘a knife-edge’ amid military skirmishes
Geir Pedersen told ambassadors that in Sweida governate, where sectarian violence in July also spurred conflict in the…
Syria: Violence in Alawite areas may be war crimes, say rights investigators
Many of the victims were Alawite, a minority community in Syria, which the former ruling Assad family belonged…
Syria: UNICEF calls for safe access to children in Sweida as needs mount
Deadly sectarian clashes erupted in the southern governorate, also known as As-Sweida, in July and early August and…
Syria: Ceasefire under strain as violence and aid access issues persist in Sweida
The 19 July truce followed weeks of sectarian clashes, Israeli airstrikes and grave human rights violations in the…
Syria: Fragile ceasefire in Sweida ‘largely holding’ amid volatility
Declared on July 19, the ceasefire followed a harrowing wave of sectarian clashes, Israeli airstrikes and grave human…
Syria: Deadly sectarian violence displaces thousands in Sweida; healthcare attacked
Since 13 July, around 176,000 people have been displaced from Sweida, according to the UN Office for the…
World News in Brief: Thailand-Cambodia border hostilities, humanitarian efforts in Syria and attacks across Ukraine
The dispute dates to 1953 when France first mapped the border, but tensions resurfaced in May after the…
Syria: Second convoy brings critical aid to Sweida
Deadly sectarian violence has displaced more than 145,000 people in the southern city, some of whom have fled…
Syria: Ongoing violence fuelling mass displacement in Sweida
More than 93,000 Syrians have been displaced across Sweida, neighbouring Dar’a governorate and Rural Damascus due to escalating…
Syria crisis: Hundreds killed in ongoing violence, hospitals overwhelmed
Briefing reporters in Geneva, UN human rights office, OHCHR, spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani highlighted “credible” reports of “widespread violations…
UN sounds alarm over Syria as sectarian clashes and Israeli strikes escalate
The Druze-majority Sweida governorate, long relatively insulated from earlier phases of Syria’s 14‑year conflict, has now become a…
World News in Brief: violence spurs displacement in Syria, Israeli forces cross the Blue Line in Lebanon, mall fire kills dozens in Iraq
As of Thursday, nearly 2,000 families have been displaced from violence-affected areas in Sweida governate and are currently…
SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Emergency meeting on rising tensions in Syria
The Security Council met on Thursday afternoon for an emergency session on Syria after deadly violence in the…
Syria: UN chief urges de-escalation as Sweida violence escalates, Israel strikes Damascus
News reports estimate that the sectarian violence in the predominantly Druze city of Sweida, south of the capital,…
UN urges de-escalation, protection of civilians as conflict roils Syria
On Sunday, violence erupted between Sunni Bedouin tribal fighters and Druze militias in Sweida, two days after a…
World News in Brief: Inter-ethnic violence in Syria, Indigenous Peoples’ rights, global information security
The violence erupted two days after a Druze merchant was abducted on the highway to Damascus. The incident…