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Russia Pledges Fighting Pause In Idlib During Aleppo Evacuations: UN
Russia has promised there will be a pause in fighting in Syria's Idlib province as people are evacuated there from Aleppo, a top UN official said on Thursday.
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Syria Army Urges Rebels to Quit Aleppo, Let Civilians Out
The Syrian military on Tuesday urged rebels to pull out of east Aleppo and allow civilians to also leave, as it pressed an offensive to recapture the city's opposition-held sector.
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Leave Aleppo Corridors 'To Us': UN Syria Envoy Tells Russia
The UN special envoy for Syria on Friday urged Russia to leave the creation of any humanitarian corridors around the embattled northern Syrian city of Aleppo to the United Nations and its partners.
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UN Expects Aid Deliveries To Beseiged Syrians 'Without Delay'
The UN said Friday it expected to be able to deliver aid to besieged Syrians "without delay" after world powers agreed a plan to cease hostilities in the war-wracked country.
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Syrian Opposition To Decide On Wednesday Over Peace Talks
The Saudi-backed Syrian opposition said it would decide on Wednesday whether to take part in Geneva peace talks this week, saying it welcomed an invitation to the negotiations but was seeking clarifications from the United Nations.
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World Powers Struggle To Agree On UN Syria Resolution
UN diplomats were working Friday to iron out differences over a draft Security Council resolution endorsing the Syrian peace process just hours before a council meeting called to adopt the measure, diplomats said.
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UN Syria Envoy Seeks to Restart Peace Talks
The UN's envoy on Syria, Staffan de Mistura, held meetings this week aimed at reviving peace talks, a statement said Tuesday, amid mounting pressure to end the four-year war.
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UN Syria Envoy Warns of More Refugees If No Peace Deal
The UN special envoy for Syria warned Monday many thousands more refugees would flee to Europe if the international community cannot find a peace accord and abandons them to the Islamic State group.
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World Has Abandoned Syria's People: UN Chief General Ban Ki-Moon
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the Security Council on Thursday to overcome divisions and take action to end the war in Syria as the conflict entered its fifth year with little prospect for peace.
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Syria to United Nations: Enforced Aid Delivery Would be 'Attack'
Syria has warned the UN Security Council that it would consider any enforced cross-border delivery of humanitarian aid without prior agreement from Damascus as an "attack" on the state.
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In Syria, more than 92 killed, 32 of them children
The United Nations said on Saturday that more than 92 people were killed in what activists described as an artillery barrage by government forces in the worst violence since the start of a U.N. peace plan to slow the flow of blood in Syria's uprising. The bloodied bodies of children, some with their skulls split open, were shown in footage posted ...
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Veteran peacekeeper takes charge of UN Syria mission
A veteran Norwegian peacekeeper headed to Damascus on Saturday to take charge of a UN mission overseeing a troubled truce, a day after a deadly suicide bombing fuelled scepticism over its prospects.
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UN council schedules Saturday vote on Syria monitors
The United Nations announced on Friday the 15-nation council planned to hold the vote at 11.00 am EDT (1500 GMT). It will be considering a compromise resolution that combines Russian and European drafts.
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UN unanimously approves Syria observer force
The UN Security Council today unanimously passed its first resolution on the Syria crisis, allowing an advance party of ceasefire monitors to go to the country on the brink of civil war.
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Syria: UN General Assembly wants Assad out
The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Thursday for a resolution backing an Arab League plan calling for Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down and strongly condemning human rights violations by his regime.
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Russia Pledges Fighting Pause In Idlib During Aleppo Evacuations: UN
Russia has promised there will be a pause in fighting in Syria's Idlib province as people are evacuated there from Aleppo, a top UN official said on Thursday.
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Syria Army Urges Rebels to Quit Aleppo, Let Civilians Out
The Syrian military on Tuesday urged rebels to pull out of east Aleppo and allow civilians to also leave, as it pressed an offensive to recapture the city's opposition-held sector.
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Leave Aleppo Corridors 'To Us': UN Syria Envoy Tells Russia
The UN special envoy for Syria on Friday urged Russia to leave the creation of any humanitarian corridors around the embattled northern Syrian city of Aleppo to the United Nations and its partners.
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UN Expects Aid Deliveries To Beseiged Syrians 'Without Delay'
The UN said Friday it expected to be able to deliver aid to besieged Syrians "without delay" after world powers agreed a plan to cease hostilities in the war-wracked country.
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Syrian Opposition To Decide On Wednesday Over Peace Talks
The Saudi-backed Syrian opposition said it would decide on Wednesday whether to take part in Geneva peace talks this week, saying it welcomed an invitation to the negotiations but was seeking clarifications from the United Nations.
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World Powers Struggle To Agree On UN Syria Resolution
UN diplomats were working Friday to iron out differences over a draft Security Council resolution endorsing the Syrian peace process just hours before a council meeting called to adopt the measure, diplomats said.
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UN Syria Envoy Seeks to Restart Peace Talks
The UN's envoy on Syria, Staffan de Mistura, held meetings this week aimed at reviving peace talks, a statement said Tuesday, amid mounting pressure to end the four-year war.
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UN Syria Envoy Warns of More Refugees If No Peace Deal
The UN special envoy for Syria warned Monday many thousands more refugees would flee to Europe if the international community cannot find a peace accord and abandons them to the Islamic State group.
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World Has Abandoned Syria's People: UN Chief General Ban Ki-Moon
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the Security Council on Thursday to overcome divisions and take action to end the war in Syria as the conflict entered its fifth year with little prospect for peace.
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Syria to United Nations: Enforced Aid Delivery Would be 'Attack'
Syria has warned the UN Security Council that it would consider any enforced cross-border delivery of humanitarian aid without prior agreement from Damascus as an "attack" on the state.
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In Syria, more than 92 killed, 32 of them children
The United Nations said on Saturday that more than 92 people were killed in what activists described as an artillery barrage by government forces in the worst violence since the start of a U.N. peace plan to slow the flow of blood in Syria's uprising. The bloodied bodies of children, some with their skulls split open, were shown in footage posted ...
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Veteran peacekeeper takes charge of UN Syria mission
A veteran Norwegian peacekeeper headed to Damascus on Saturday to take charge of a UN mission overseeing a troubled truce, a day after a deadly suicide bombing fuelled scepticism over its prospects.
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UN council schedules Saturday vote on Syria monitors
The United Nations announced on Friday the 15-nation council planned to hold the vote at 11.00 am EDT (1500 GMT). It will be considering a compromise resolution that combines Russian and European drafts.
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UN unanimously approves Syria observer force
The UN Security Council today unanimously passed its first resolution on the Syria crisis, allowing an advance party of ceasefire monitors to go to the country on the brink of civil war.
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Syria: UN General Assembly wants Assad out
The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Thursday for a resolution backing an Arab League plan calling for Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down and strongly condemning human rights violations by his regime.
