With the UN Security Council due to consider a resolution condemning violence in Syria, a Britain-based rights group says Syrian government forces killed more than 200 people in the city of Homs.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said late February 3, shelling of Homs, a center of unrest during nearly a year of violence in Syria, killed 217 people and left hundreds wounded.
The rights group said the Al Khalidiya neighborhood was targeted by mortar fire. Head of the rights …
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UN Security Council on Tuesday got an update from the UN Secretariat on Iraq’s compliance with its Compensation Fund and disarmament obligations.
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The Security Council late Thursday called on Iraq to build on existing steps to fully meet its obligations towards Kuwait regarding issues of missing Kuwaiti and third country nationals and of missing Kuwaiti property.
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Zebari is moving to the permanent members to ensure support for Baghdad Discusses the UN Security Council this month, three reports on ways to ensure to remove Iraq from Chapter VII. Took place yesterday, the first talks between Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in the city of Bonn on the sidelines [...]
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Leading Fatah official gives deadline for Security Council decision on statehood bid, ahead of Monday meeting.
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Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari informed the Security Council that his Government has taken the necessary arrangements for the post Development Fund for Iraq (DFI), whose UN supervision ends later this month, including for the five percent of…
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The UN Security Council’s resolution, issued on Wednesday, which has lifted UN-imposed sanctions on Iraq has been described as a “great achievement” by the chairman of Southern Iraq’s Religious Clerics, Sheikh Khalid al-Mulla.
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The Security Council on Wednesday strongly urged the Iraqis to form a new “inclusive” government “as soon as possible” and condemned the recent terrorist attacks in the country.
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The Security Council late Wednesday reasserted its strong condemnation of the recruitment, killing, maiming, raping and other abuses committed against children during armed conflicts, and expressed its readiness to take targeted measures against persistent…
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