The top deputy for the U.N. Syria envoy is shuttling between Geneva hotels to meet with envoys from the government delegation and armed opposition groups ahead of the formal start of a fifth round of UN-mediated peace talks. The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, issued a ...
An estimated 400,000 Iraqis are trapped in the ISIL-controlled Old City of west Mosul amid food shortages and growing panic under shelling, the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said Thursday. Many civilians fear fleeing because of ISIL snipers, but some 157,000 have reached a transit center since the Iraqi government ...
