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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon asked the Syrian Government to allow a team of experts to investigate the latest allegations regarding the use of chemical weapons and is sending one of his senior officials to Damascus in this regard.
Read More »Russia calls on Syria to cooperate with UN on chemical weapons
Russia on Friday said it had told the Syrian government to cooperate with UN experts after reports of a deadly chemical weapons attack outside Damascus, adding it was now up to rebels to allow access to the area.
Read More »UN says that half of Syrian refugees are under the age of 11
The number of children who have fled war-torn Syria hit one million Friday, while two million kids have been displaced within their homeland’s borders by the conflict, the UN said. “This one millionth child refugee is not just another number. This is a real child ripped
Read More »Turkish FM says all red lines in Syria have been crossed
All lines in the Syrian civil war have been crossed, stated Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister Ahmet Davutoglu Thursday, calling for a resolute international involvement in the conflict.
Read More »PACE rapporteur in Turkey for reporting assistance to Syrian refugees
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) rapporteur Jean-Marie Bockel is in Turkey for two days, Aug. 21-22, as part of preparations for a report on the international assistance given to Syrian refugees in Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq.
Read More »France calls for respond with force if chemical arms confirmed in Syria
France said on Thursday that the international community would need to respond with force if allegations that the Syrian government was responsible for a chemical attack on civilians proved true. “There would have to be reaction with force in Syria from
Read More »Syria opposition says over 1,300 people killed in chemical attacks by army
Syria’s main opposition group accused the government of “massacring” more than 1,300 people in chemical weapons attacks near Damascus Wednesday, as the UN Security Council called for “clarity” and expressed “strong concern” over the allegations.
Read More »Arab League chief calls on UN to investigate immediately gas attack in Syria
Arab League Secretary General Nabil Elaraby called on Wednesday for United Nations inspectors to immediately investigate reports of a chemical attack near the Syrian capital that activists say has killed more than 200 people,
Read More »Turkey says the international community should react to killings of civilians in Syria
If the facts surrounding the killing of civilians with chemical weapon in Syria are proven, the international community should react to this, according to a message from the Turkish Foreign Ministry posted on its official website on
Read More »France to ask UN to probe Syrian gas attack allegations
The French president plans to ask the U.N. to visit the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack near Damascus.
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