Foreign Aid
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 08:01
Latest tranche of humanitarian aid to assist people affected by nation's armed conflict raises total amount to $411m.
Friday, March 28, 2014 - 08:32
The Obama administration was debating whether to use U.S. Special Operation forces and other military personnel in the training, something Syrian rebels have argued would carry less political baggage than the CIA, according to the column.
Friday, March 28, 2014 - 07:50
"No one should be fooled by Syria's agreement to open a single border crossing in the north," the group's deputy Middle East and North Africa director Nadim Houry said.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 11:01
Speaking on condition of anonymity, the official said: “What the report shows is that the magnitude and frequency of violence committed by the Assad regime far outstrips that of the armed groups in Syria.”
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 10:55
The United States is providing nearly $83 million in additional humanitarian assistance to the people of South Sudan affected by the recent violence.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 09:05
The United States is providing nearly $83 million in additional humanitarian assistance to hundreds of thousands of people suffering more than three months of violence in South Sudan, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 06:21
The Honorable Thomas M. Countryman: "While we have made important progress in the past months toward the elimination of Syria’s chemicals weapons program, considerable work remains to be done to ensure the Asad regime can never again use these terrible weapons against its own people, or threaten our regional and international partners with them."
Tuesday, March 25, 2014 - 08:46
The 13-page report details the lack of progress made by the Syrian government and opposition forces to implement security council resolution 2139, which was passed in unanimously by members of the U.N.’s most powerful body in late February.
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 08:05
But Russia's U.N. envoy, Vitaly I Churkin, made clear even before the international crisis over Ukraine that Moscow had no intention of rushing to impose penalties on Syria, its closest Middle East ally.
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 07:45
Because of a widespread view that “they are all bad guys” and “do not deserve this help,” said António Guterres, the head of the United Nations refugee agency, “the victims become double victims — of the conflict and of the perception.”