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Gaza Hospitals "Out Of Service", UN Workers Killed: 5 Developments In Israel-Hamas War
Fighting raged in Gaza on Monday, over five weeks after Hamas's shock October 7 attack triggered a furious response from Israel which has vowed to destroy the Palestinian group.
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More Than 21,000 People Killed In Turkey, Syria Earthquake
The death toll from the massive earthquake in Turkey and Syria kept on climbing Thursday, topping 21,000 as the first UN aid reached Syrian rebel-held zones but hopes of finding more survivors faded.
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Strikes Hit Syria's Battered Ghouta As Death Count Hits 800
Heavy air strikes and clashes shook the Syrian rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta ahead of an urgent UN Security Council meeting Wednesday on the escalating violence.
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UN Seeks Control Of Russia Escape Corridors Out Of Aleppo
The UN on Friday urged Russia to give it control of humanitarian passages out of Aleppo in northern Syria where besieged residents cowered indoors afraid to use what some called "death corridors".
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United Nations Rights Chief Condemns Strikes On Syrian Camp
The UN human rights chief is condemning as "murderous attacks" air strikes on camps for displaced people in Syria that left at least 28 people dead, including women and children.
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'Visible' Progress In Syria Ceasefire As Civilian Deaths Fall
The UN's Syria envoy said Thursday that visible progress was being made on the country's landmark ceasefire, after a sharp drop was reported in the number of civilians dying every day.
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Thousands May Have Starved To Death In Besieged Syrian Areas: UN Rights Chief
The UN human rights chief on Monday warned that thousands may have died of starvation during sieges affecting nearly half a million people in Syria.
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UN On Syria: Major Powers Feeding 'Military Escalation'
War crimes are "rampant" in Syria, and the conflict has become "a multisided proxy war steered from abroad by an intricate network of alliances," UN investigators said in a new report today.
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51,000 Displaced Since Russian Air Strikes On Aleppo Began: UN
Some 51,000 people have been displaced since Damascus, backed by Russian air strikes, launched its latest offensive on the Syrian city of Aleppo last week, the United Nations reported today.
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UN Fears For Hundreds Of Thousands If Syria Troops Encircle Aleppo
Hundreds of thousands of civilians could be cut off from food supplies if Syrian government forces encircle rebel-held parts of Aleppo, the United Nations said on Tuesday, warning of a massive new flight of refugees.
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Mass Deaths In Syrian Jails Amount To Crime Of 'Extermination': UN
Detainees held by the Syrian government are being killed on a massive scale amounting to a state policy of "extermination" of the civilian population, a crime against humanity, United Nations investigators said today.
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Severe Malnutrition Confirmed In Syria's Madaya, 32 Deaths Reported In Month: UN
The UN Children's Fund UNICEF on Friday confirmed cases of severe malnutrition among children in the besieged western Syrian town of Madaya, where local relief workers reported 32 deaths of starvation in the past month.
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UN 'Horror' as Syria Air Strikes Kill Nearly 100
The death toll in Syrian government air strikes on a rebel-held town outside Damascus neared 100 on Monday, with UN officials expressing horror at the "unacceptable" attack.
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UN Human Rights Chief Slams 'Paralysis' on Syria as Death Toll Tops 191,000
More than 191,000 people have died in Syria, United Nations rights chief Navi Pillay said on Friday, hitting out at "international paralysis" on the nearly three-and-a-half year conflict.
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Documented Death Toll in Syria War at Least 1,91,369 Through April 2014: UN
At least 1,91,369 people have been killed in Syria's conflict through April, more than double the figure documented a year ago and probably still an under-estimate, the United Nations human rights office said on Friday.
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Gaza Hospitals "Out Of Service", UN Workers Killed: 5 Developments In Israel-Hamas War
Fighting raged in Gaza on Monday, over five weeks after Hamas's shock October 7 attack triggered a furious response from Israel which has vowed to destroy the Palestinian group.
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More Than 21,000 People Killed In Turkey, Syria Earthquake
The death toll from the massive earthquake in Turkey and Syria kept on climbing Thursday, topping 21,000 as the first UN aid reached Syrian rebel-held zones but hopes of finding more survivors faded.
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Strikes Hit Syria's Battered Ghouta As Death Count Hits 800
Heavy air strikes and clashes shook the Syrian rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta ahead of an urgent UN Security Council meeting Wednesday on the escalating violence.
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UN Seeks Control Of Russia Escape Corridors Out Of Aleppo
The UN on Friday urged Russia to give it control of humanitarian passages out of Aleppo in northern Syria where besieged residents cowered indoors afraid to use what some called "death corridors".
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United Nations Rights Chief Condemns Strikes On Syrian Camp
The UN human rights chief is condemning as "murderous attacks" air strikes on camps for displaced people in Syria that left at least 28 people dead, including women and children.
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'Visible' Progress In Syria Ceasefire As Civilian Deaths Fall
The UN's Syria envoy said Thursday that visible progress was being made on the country's landmark ceasefire, after a sharp drop was reported in the number of civilians dying every day.
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Thousands May Have Starved To Death In Besieged Syrian Areas: UN Rights Chief
The UN human rights chief on Monday warned that thousands may have died of starvation during sieges affecting nearly half a million people in Syria.
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UN On Syria: Major Powers Feeding 'Military Escalation'
War crimes are "rampant" in Syria, and the conflict has become "a multisided proxy war steered from abroad by an intricate network of alliances," UN investigators said in a new report today.
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51,000 Displaced Since Russian Air Strikes On Aleppo Began: UN
Some 51,000 people have been displaced since Damascus, backed by Russian air strikes, launched its latest offensive on the Syrian city of Aleppo last week, the United Nations reported today.
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UN Fears For Hundreds Of Thousands If Syria Troops Encircle Aleppo
Hundreds of thousands of civilians could be cut off from food supplies if Syrian government forces encircle rebel-held parts of Aleppo, the United Nations said on Tuesday, warning of a massive new flight of refugees.
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Mass Deaths In Syrian Jails Amount To Crime Of 'Extermination': UN
Detainees held by the Syrian government are being killed on a massive scale amounting to a state policy of "extermination" of the civilian population, a crime against humanity, United Nations investigators said today.
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Severe Malnutrition Confirmed In Syria's Madaya, 32 Deaths Reported In Month: UN
The UN Children's Fund UNICEF on Friday confirmed cases of severe malnutrition among children in the besieged western Syrian town of Madaya, where local relief workers reported 32 deaths of starvation in the past month.
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UN 'Horror' as Syria Air Strikes Kill Nearly 100
The death toll in Syrian government air strikes on a rebel-held town outside Damascus neared 100 on Monday, with UN officials expressing horror at the "unacceptable" attack.
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UN Human Rights Chief Slams 'Paralysis' on Syria as Death Toll Tops 191,000
More than 191,000 people have died in Syria, United Nations rights chief Navi Pillay said on Friday, hitting out at "international paralysis" on the nearly three-and-a-half year conflict.
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Documented Death Toll in Syria War at Least 1,91,369 Through April 2014: UN
At least 1,91,369 people have been killed in Syria's conflict through April, more than double the figure documented a year ago and probably still an under-estimate, the United Nations human rights office said on Friday.
