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Members of the Syrian Civil Defense, also known as the 'White Helmets,' carrying a victim after airstrikes in Kafr Ain in the Idlib province, September 7, 2018. (AFP/Anas al-Dyab)

September 15th, 2018 - 08:39 GMT

To Calm Fears Russia's Lavrov Says Syrian Regime Not Out for Major Idlib Offensive

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that the Syrian regime is not preparing a major offensive against the opposition-held Idlib, adding that Moscow will do everything to protect civilians.

Iraqis who fled from the city of Mosul are reunited with their relatives near the Kurdish checkpoint of Aksi Kalak on October 26, 2016. (AFP/Bulent Kilic)

October 29th, 2016 - 07:00 GMT

Daesh using tens of thousands of human shields: UN report

A Yemeni man sits on the rubble as people search for suvivors in houses destroyed by airstrikes. (AFP/File)

September 25th, 2016 - 04:00 GMT

Number of civilian casualties in Yemen skyrockets in the past month

The United Nations welcomed the court's decision, said Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, noting that the UN stood for "the need for people's personal dignity and person to be respected." (AFP/File)

August 26th, 2016 - 08:56 GMT

Ban the ban: French court rules burkini ban a violation of basic freedom

Saudi Arabia has targeted Yemen with airstrikes on an almost daily basis. (AFP/File)

August 25th, 2016 - 02:00 GMT

UN: Saudi cluster bombs Yemen's residential areas

May 9th, 2016 - 05:33 GMT

United Nations manager: 'I forget whether I supported the Iraq War'

A Palestinian worker checks a house that was destroyed during the 50-day war between Israel and Hamas-led militants in the summer of 2014, east of Gaza City on March 23, 2016. (AFP/Mohammed Abed)

March 30th, 2016 - 05:00 GMT

Japan pledges $500,000 to clear unexploded Israeli ordnance from Gaza

Israel's ambassador to the US, Danny Danon, claims Hezbollah is "roaming freely" throughout south Lebanon, while the UN turns a blind eye. (File photo)

February 29th, 2016 - 09:33 GMT

Israel accuses Lebanon of violating UN Resolution 1701 more than 2,000 times in 2015

January 19th, 2016 - 02:00 GMT

Nearly 19,000 Iraqi civilians killed in two years: UN

December 22nd, 2015 - 06:04 GMT

Year of destruction: nine archaeological sites the world lost to Daesh in 2015

December 20th, 2015 - 09:52 GMT

UN-sponsored Yemen talks come to a swift end after ceasefire collapses

December 15th, 2015 - 08:06 GMT

UN agency launches country-wide rural development program in Afghanistan

December 10th, 2015 - 08:00 GMT