The news coming out of Syria was schizophrenic this week. On the one hand, the United Nations advance observer team was making a positive impact despite their small numbers. On the other hand, dozens were being killed as the Syrian…
The death toll continues to rise in Syria despite a proclaimed ceasefire and the presence of an advance team of United Nations monitors, according to activists and reports cited by the United States. An unnamed US State Department Official told…
With the United Nations gearing up for an expanded peacekeeping operation in Syria in a bid to end the violence there, the spokesman for the UN’s envoy to the country said the advance team of observers is already making an…
After an initial decrease in violence in Syria after a ceasefire went into effect last Thursday, renewed conflict has raised concerns as a United Nations observer mission is being discussed. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a letter to the…
The Syrian regime has decided against upholding their commitment to a ceasefire on Tuesday, with the United Nations calling for a Thursday deadline for the violence to end in the country. United States Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice said…
With just one day to go until a brokered ceasefire in the internal Syrian conflict was supposed to take effect, gunfire from Syria resulted in casualties across the border in Turkey. The incident occurred even as a Turkish newspaper cited…