UN Special Envoy

Evacuations completed from Syria enclave

Douma - Muslimchronicle

Aid workers completed a series of medical evacuations from a besieged rebel enclave near Damascus Friday as part of a controversial deal that saw patients swapped for hostages and prisoners. The patients were among a list of cases considered critical who were evacuated since Tuesday night from Eastern Ghouta, an area where the humanitarian crisis has escalated in recent months."Thirteen civilians,Read more

Kuwaiti FM meets UN envoy for Yemen

Kuwait City - Arab Today

Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah al Khaled al Hamad al Sabah on Sunday met with visiting UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed. Sheikh Sabah AlKhaled voiced Kuwait's firm support for the UN official's efforts to establish a road-map towards lasting peace in Yemen. The meeting was attended by Assistant Foreign Minister forRead more

UN envoy asks for Yemen cease-fire extension

Sanaa - Arab Today

The UN special envoy for Yemen urged the warring parties in the Arab country to extend a temporary cease-fire for at least another renewable 72 hours, ABC News reported on Sunday. The current 72-hour truce expired at 11:59 p.m. local time Saturday. There was no immediate word on whether the combatants would agree to extend the cease-fire. "The ceasefire wasRead more

Russia ready to call on Syria gov't to allow al-Nusra to leave Aleppo armed

Moscow - Arab Today

Russia is ready to persuade the Syrian government to agree to the al-Nusra militants group fighters' armed departure from Aleppo as proposed by the UN special envoy, Sputnik quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as saying on Friday. On Thursday, UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura proposed to personally accompany Jabhat Fatah al Sham (formerly known as theRead more

Russia: it will carefully study UN envoy's proposals for its humanitarian operation in Aleppo

Moscow - Arab Today

Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said that his ministry will carefully study UN Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura's proposals for the Russian humanitarian operation in Syria's Aleppo city. The first foreign reaction to Russia’s request to support the humanitarian operation in Aleppo is inspiring some optimism, Antonov told journalists on Friday. Antonov was quoted by TASS news agency asRead more

Local De-Escalation Committees in Taiz reach a ceasefire agreement

The Local De-Escalation Committees in the Governorate of Taiz have reached an agreement with the warring sides to reinforce the ceasefire on all fronts in the city and its western districts, open the roads and lift the siege of the city. The cessation of hostilities began at midnight on 10 April to pave the way for the next round ofRead more

Over 200,000 people didn't get relief in hard-to-reach areas or in besieged areas

New York - Arab Today

The UN said today it was disappointed that aid convoy didn't reach besieged areas. "April was supposed to be our best month," but "it's not looking so," Jan Egeland, Special Advisor to UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura, told a press conference on humanitarian aid delivery. "So far I am disappointed and disheartened at what we achieved overRead more

Yemen more secure following 'Operation Decisive Storm

The legitimate government is taking control of majority of areas and will continue its efforts until all of Yemen is liberated and rightly returned to its people, Yemen's President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi has said. The Yemeni President affirmed that his country today is more secure following Operation Decisive Storm which reduced the coup forces into gangs that are beingRead more

United Nations envoy: Brussels attack shows need to end "fire of war in Syria"

Geneva - Arab Today

The UN special envoy for Syria said on Tuesday the message from the attacks in Brussels claimed by Daesh group was that the war in Syria had to end and a political transition needed to be found so that the focus could turn to tackling the group, the Daily Mail reported. "The message we are drawing out of it (isRead more