ODVV Statement on Recent Yemen Ceasefire
Following the UN Secretary General’s appeal for an immediate global ceasefire, the Organization for Defending Victims of Violence (ODVV) encourages all parties to agree with the initiative of Truce...
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Syria: Agreement on ‘de-escalation zones’ could lift UN-facilitated political talks
The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, said that next week’s UN-facilitated talks in Geneva will benefit from the dynamics of the negotiations which began in Astana,...
Peace in Syria an imperative ‘that cannot wait,’ UN chief Guterres says as war enters seventh year
As the brutal war in Syria enters its seventh year, peace “is a moral and political imperative both for the Syrian people and for the world,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said,...
Russia, Turkey, Iran and UN hash out details of monitoring regime for Syria ceasefire
The delegations of Russia, Turkey and Iran as well as United Nations representatives held their first meeting yesterday to discuss the establishment of a ceasefire implementation regime in Syria...
Sana’a Air Raids Resume as Yemen Truce Expires: Residents
Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition attacked targets in Sana’a at dawn on Sunday (23 October 2016), hours after a three-day truce in Yemen's war expired, residents in the capital said.