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Displaced from Idlib Province (Twitter)

September 12th, 2018 - 04:59 GMT

30,000 Civilians Displaced from Idlib Province - UN

At least 30,000 residents have already been displaced from northwestern Syria's Idlib province, the U.N. Secretary General's spokesman warned Monday.

Nesirky said he had briefed Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on Jaafari's comments to reporters.

March 21st, 2013 - 05:06 GMT

UN in the dark about Syria's calls for probe on 'chemical attack'

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi is visiting India in an effort to boost trade and tourism between the two nations

March 19th, 2013 - 09:01 GMT

Morsi visiting India to boost trade and tourism ties

Iran said to have nuclear weapons plan B

February 27th, 2013 - 07:39 GMT

Does Iran have a nuclear 'plan B'?

The UN has expressed fears that Lebanon could be dragged in the Syrian civil war

February 27th, 2013 - 07:11 GMT

UN warns Lebanon could be dragged in to Syrian civil war

International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi called on Sunday for talks between the Syrian opposition and an 'acceptable delegation' from the Damascus government on a political solution to the country’s 23-month-old civil war.

February 18th, 2013 - 05:00 GMT

Syria envoy urges talks between Syrian opposition and regime

Syrian rebels drive a T-72 tank, captured from government forces two months ago, in the village of Kfarruma in the flashpoint Syrian province of Idlib near the border with Turkey, on Monday (AFP Photo/Daniel Leal-Olivas)

February 13th, 2013 - 12:05 GMT

U.N.'s Pillay says Syria death toll likely near 70,000

A U.S. Marine points a weapon at gunmen who are surrendering after a Marine patrol confiscated their weapons on December 21, 1992, near the Parliament building along Mogadishu's green line. (AFP)

February 11th, 2013 - 07:52 GMT

Lords of war: Arms trade networks in Yemen, Iran fueling Somalia conflict

While her future in politics looks bright, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton thinks Syria's is not.

February 2nd, 2013 - 04:00 GMT

As she leaves, Clinton accuses Iran of worsening the Syrian crisis

A Yemeni soldier mans a checkpoint in Sanaa on Wednesday as authorities stepped up security measures ahead of an extraordinary UN Security Council session in Yemen on Sunday. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Huwais)

January 27th, 2013 - 11:50 GMT

Mass protests in Yemen as U.N. delegation meets over reconciliation

A statement agreed by the 15-member council stressed the need to bring the Al-Qaeda linked attackers and their backers to justice.

January 19th, 2013 - 08:40 GMT

U.N. council slams ‘heinous’ Algeria attacks

US soldiers have arrived in Turkey to man Patriot missile systems as the conflict edges close to damascus

January 5th, 2013 - 05:54 GMT

Syrian violence edges closer to Damascus as Patriot missiles arrive in Turkey

Iran's nuclear envoy among friends

August 27th, 2012 - 05:48 GMT

Lonely Iran tries to rally regional friends to prove US wrong