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UN official urges sustained pressure on parties to Syria conflict to ensure aid access

30 September 2014
... East Some 11 million people urgently need assistance in Syria, and more than 4.7 million of them are in areas which aid agencies can ... for the UN and its partners to deliver humanitarian aid in Syria without the consent of the State. According to OCHA, 14 additional ... humanitarian workers delivering aid at great personal risk, Syria remains the world's largest and most pressing humanitarian crisis, with ... partners to help people in the hard-to-reach areas inside Syria. “Winter is fast approaching and vital supplies are needed to ...
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Victims of ISIL brutality 'waiting on us to act', Syrian leader tells UN Assembly

29 September 2014
... platform about the grave danger of the terrorism striking Syria,” said Walid Al-Moualem, who is also Syria's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, recalling that his country ... “unrivalled in funding and brutality”, he said that in Syria and Iraq, the group is enslaving women, raping them and selling them in ... affiliates, will not be limited within the borders of Syria and Iraq, but will spread to every spot it can reach, starting with ...
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Bahrain minister focuses UN Assembly address on terrorism, illegal occupation

29 September 2014
... well as urgent crises ranging from the ongoing conflicts in Syria, Iraq, Ukraine and South Sudan. Bahrain minister focuses UN ...
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Amid regional crises, UN chief urges continued international support for Lebanon

26 September 2014
... “As long as the region is aflame and the war in Syria continues, the rights and safety of refugees in Lebanon must be respected ... must be shared,” Mr. Ban continued. As the conflict in Syria enters its fourth year, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for ...
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Crimes in Syria, Iraq cannot be accepted by any religion, Lebanon’s leader tells UN

26 September 2014
... of a turbulent region and that the events unfolding in Syria and Iraq represent human crimes which “cannot be understood nor ... exceptional pattern of coexistence. The war in Syria, nearing on four years, has driven to Lebanon nearly one and a half ... for war crimes committed in Gaza. Crimes in Syria, Iraq cannot be accepted by any religion, Lebanon’s leader tells UN ...
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Syria, Iraq among crises driving some 330,000 to seek refugee status – UN agency

26 September 2014
... the second half of last year (328,100 claims). Overall, Syria was the main country of origin of people seeking asylum with a more than ... countries are normally published twice annually. Syria, Iraq among crises driving some 330,000 to seek refugee status – UN ...
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Kuwait tells UN Assembly Arab States should have permanent Security Council seat

25 September 2014
... He also deplored exacerbation of the cycle of violence in Syria that has “claimed the lives of more than 190,000 people, caused 3 ... well as urgent crises ranging from the ongoing conflicts in Syria, Iraq, Ukraine and South Sudan. Kuwait tells UN Assembly Arab ...
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At UN Assembly, Iran calls for united front against ‘false’ Muslims killing in name of Islam

25 September 2014
... of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), whose beheading of hostages in Syria and massacres and persecution of Christians, Yazidis and other Muslims in ...
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Despite ongoing crisis, UN hails ‘significant progress’ in helping Syria’s children

24 September 2014
... the importance of assisting the war children, adding that Syria’s youths were the pillars of the country’s future. “Helping the children of Syria is investing in the future of Syria, as today’s children are tomorrow’s doctors, teachers, lawyers and ... cross-line areas. In addition, 72,000 children inside Syria and 587,000 refugee children living in host countries were provided with ...
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Mid-east, Gulf leaders strive for international response to terrorism in Syria

24 September 2014
... an end to the bloodshed and the systematic destruction of Syria by a regime that has put its people between a rock and a hard place to ... that a political solution must be found to the conflict in Syria which has spurred 1.4 million people to cross into Jordan’s borders, ... King said, urging a concerted effort to get aid flowing into Syria and neighbouring host communities. Both leaders also highlighted the ...
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