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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.

SMI branches “are the bloodiest in Syria,” said Bassam al-Ahmad, director of Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ), an NGO documenting violations in Syria. “They have no clear mandate, and although it is not on paper, they do what they like" (AFP/File)

December 22nd, 2017 - 06:00 GMT

Following the Paper Trail of Violence in Syria's Military Intelligence Prisons

Syrian Red Crescent aid convoys carrying food, medicine and blankets, leave the capital Damascus as they head to the besieged town of Madaya on Jan. 11, 2015 (AFP/Louai Beshara)

December 20th, 2017 - 07:25 GMT

UN Renews Cross-Border Aid Deliveries to Syria for Another Year

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (AFP/File)

December 19th, 2017 - 11:59 GMT

N. Korea Rejects Tillerson's Unconditional Talks Offer

The U.N. Security Council meets concerning the situation in the Middle East involving Israel and Palestine, at United Nations headquarters, Dec. 18, 2017 in New York City (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)

December 19th, 2017 - 08:46 GMT

Arab Countries Condemn US Veto of UN Resolution on Jerusalem

The draft U.N. resolution “affirms that any decisions and actions which purport to have altered the character, status or demographic composition of the Holy City of Jerusalem have no legal effect (Shutterstock/File)

December 18th, 2017 - 08:10 GMT

UN Security Council Expected to Vote Against Jerusalem Status Change

Choi is expected to appear in court this week, facing a total of six charges (Australian Federal Police)

December 17th, 2017 - 12:15 GMT

Australian Police Arrests Man Making Money for N. Korea Through the Global Black Market

She said the debris was from a short-range missile fired by Houthi rebels in Yemen into Saudi Arabia. (Twitter/Nikki Haley)

December 15th, 2017 - 09:39 GMT

U.S. Shows ‘Undeniable’ Proof Iran Arms Yemeni Houthis

Katz said that “we don’t want war, and we have no interest in destroying Lebanon, but we will not accept a Lebanese assault on us" (AFP/File)

December 14th, 2017 - 11:39 GMT

Israeli Minister Threatens to Send Lebanon Back to the Stone Age

Hamdallah also called on world countries to recognize a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital (AFP/File)

December 12th, 2017 - 11:11 GMT

The UN Must Pressure Israel to End Occupation: Palestinian PM

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley delivers a speech during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in Palestine at the United Nations headquarters on December 8, 2017 (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images North America/AFP)

December 10th, 2017 - 03:04 GMT

No, Nikki Haley, the UN is Not ‘Hostile to Israel’

The secretary-general said the "best practical reaction" to Trump's decision is to recognize the state of Palestine with its capital East Jerusalem (AFP)

December 10th, 2017 - 07:41 GMT

Trump's Move is a 'Breach of International Law': Arab League

Most cross-border assistance to opposition-held parts of Syria comes from Jordan and Turkey (AFP/File)

November 30th, 2017 - 12:41 GMT

UN Resolution Authorizing Cross-Border Aid Undermines Syrian Sovereignty: Russia