Middle East “The current situation is new and unlike any we have dealt with in Syria for the last nine years.  All Syrians – and all those who provide (humanitarian) assistance – are at risk,” Najat Rochdi told the International Syria Support Group Humanitarian Task Force, headquartered in Geneva, which met via video-teleconference. ... States - to do all they can to ensure that help reaches Syrians across the country as soon as possible. Throughout Syria, she said, efforts are being stepped up to prepare laboratories and isolation wards and to raise public awareness of ...

... most of the time.”  The World Food Programme ( WFP ) is the largest humanitarian organization operating in northwest Syria.   Through its partners, WFP aims to provide food assistance to all displaced people.   “Whether you are in the ... feasibility of a sustained UN presence in Idlib”, said Kevin Kennedy, UN Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis, in a statement .  Last month, WFP scaled up its food assistance through its cross-border operations to ... the country reminded regional leaders meeting in Cairo on Wednesday.  “With five international armies active inside Syria, the dangers of wider international conflagration remain”, Geir Pedersen said in an address to the League of Arab ...

... comes after what the agency called the “heavy bombardment” of Idlib, the last opposition-held enclave in Syria. It is also home to nearly three million civilians.  According to the UN Office for the Coordination of ... UN Envoy reiterates ceasefire call  Amid the ongoing hostilities, which follow almost nine years of war in Syria, UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, has appealed for a lasting ceasefire, his spokesperson said.  “He continues to appeal for an ...

... (Jordan) and Al Yarubiyah (Iraq). Negotiating cross-border humanitarian aid An upsurge in hostilities in north-west Syria , has displaced some 300,000 people since 12 December. Meanwhile, against the backdrop of new Council members ... delivery of aid through two crossing points in Turkey and one in Iraq. But the competing resolution from Russia, Syria’s closest ally on the Council, advocated the closure of the Al Yarubiyah crossing in Iraq. The UN cross-border ... Christoph Heusgen lamented that the decision had come “at a heavy price” for 1.4 million people in north-eastern Syria who would “wake in the morning up not knowing if they would be able to get the medical aid they needed.” US ...