‘More than 1.5m’ Syrian refugees
Syria crisis: Refugee total now more than 1.5m – UNHCR Agencies say they do not have the resources to cope with the number of refugees Continue reading the main story Syria conflict Chemical weapons claims The town hit by ‘chemical attack’ An unwinnable war No easy answers The UN’s refugee agency has said that more [...]
TOP STORIES Syria is now in a state of civil war, a top United Nations official has said. An escalation in the status of the conflict might mean the observer mission’s days are numbered. The conflict in Syria has grown into a civil war, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Herve Ladsous said in an interview [...]
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Seven UN peacekeepers from Niger have been killed in an ambush in southwestern Ivory Coast, the UN has said. The attack took place near the border with Liberia, UN officials say. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said he was “saddened and outraged” by the deaths. UN peacekeepers were deployed to Ivory Coast in 2004 to help [...]
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(CNN) — Global debate over the Syrian crisis is expected to ratchet up this week, with Russian and European Union leaders grappling with the thorny issue and U.N. members reassessing whether to take further action. Kofi Annan, joint envoy to Syria for the United Nations and the Arab League, will meet Friday with U.S. Secretary [...]
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