Middle East
Syrian Refugees Number Hit 1.5 Million – UN
Syrian families continue to flee across borders. This photograph was taken at the Jordanian border. Photo: UNHCR/J. Kohler 17 May 2013 – The United Nations refugee agency announced today that the number of Syrian civilians who have fled their country to escape conflict has passed the 1.5 million mark, while warning that the widening gap between More...
Iraqi Leaders Asked To Protect Civilians Following Wave Of Bombings
The aftermath of a bombing attack in Iraq (file photo). Photo: IRIN 17 May 2013 – The top United Nations official in Iraq today urged Iraqi leaders to protect civilians following a wave of bombings over the More...
Detention Of Peacekeepers And Looting In Golan Condemned – UN
Wide view of the Security Council. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe 17 May 2013 – Members of the Security Council have ‘strongly condemned’ the looting of a UN observation post in the Golan Heights and the temporary More...
Russia And US Proposed Syria Conference Must Be Held Immediately.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) holds joint press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Sochi. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe 17 May 2013 – Stressing that a political solution is the only More...
Iranians Exiles Move To Albania News Welcomed – UN
Special Representative for Iraq Martin Kobler. Photo: UNAMI 16 May 2013 – The top United Nations official in Iraq today called the relocation of 14 Iranians to Albania from an exile camp near Baghdad, an “encouraging More...
Israeli And Palestinian Leaders Asked To Resume Negotiations
A child porter working the busy streets of East Jerusalem. Photo: IRIN/Shabtai Gold 16 May 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in separate conversations with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and More...
Yemen Is Facing A Worsening Humanitarian Situation – UN
Children in Al-Mazrak IDP camp in Haradh, northern Yemen. Photo: OCHA 16 May 2013 – Yemen is facing a worsening humanitarian situation which could destabilize the country’s gains on the political front, a senior More...
UN Demand Halt To All Violence And Death In Syria
General Assembly votes on resolution on the situation in Syria. UN Photo/Evan Schneider 15 May 2013 – Expressing grave concern at the continuing escalation of violence in Syria, the United Nations General Assembly More...
Potential War Crimes In Syrian Must Be Investigated – Navi Pillay
High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay. UN Photo/Violaine Martin 14 May 2013 – The mutilation of a Syrian soldier purportedly shown in an internet video is a “truly atrocious act” which should be More...
Syrian Village Of Houla Hits With Food Shortage And Other Supplies.
A WFP food delivery being offloaded in Aleppo, Syria. Photo: OCHA/Gemma Connell 14 May 2013 – A United Nations inter-agency mission that recently visited the Syrian village of Houla – the site of a massacre More...
