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UN unable to get food to 1 million hungry Syrians

About 1 million Syrians are going hungry due to the difficulty of getting supplies into conflict zones and the fact ...

Obama to announce new sanctions

US President Barack Obama will issue an executive order Monday allowing sanctions to be imposed against foreigners who ...

Israel intercepts ship for security check - official

Israeli naval forces intercepted a cargo ship in the Mediterranean on Sunday and troops have boarded the vessel for a ...

Annan asks Syria to stop using heavy weapons

UN envoy Kofi Annan on Sunday asked the Damascus regime and the opposition to immediately halt violence and the use of ...

Syria oposition calls for UN military intervention

The opposition Syrian National Council renewed on Saturday its call for the United Nations to intervene militarily in ...

TNI assigns six officers to join UN monitoring team in Syria

The National Defense Forces (TNI) is to send six of its officers to join the UN team to monitor the implementation of ...

Govt to repatriate 116 migrant workers from Syria

The Indonesian government is to repatriate 116 migrant workers from Syria because of tense political and security ...

RI considering UN offer to join advance team in Syria

Indonesia is still mulling over the UN offer to join an advance team of observers in Syria, particularly with regard ...

2 die in Syria violence UN monitors land

Syrian forces killed two civilians and were locked in fierce clashes with rebels in one city while bombarding ...

One million displaced in Syria: UN chief

At least a million people have been displaced inside Syria during a 13-month crackdown on dissent, United Nations ...

Syria opposition hails UN vote on observers

Syria`s opposition on Saturday hailed the UN Security Council resolution on the deployment of observers as a "first ...

UN monitors face risky mission in Syria

UN monitors arriving in Syria are starting a perilous mission as there is no formal ceasefire between President Bashar ...

Russia urges time for Annan`s plan to work ini Syria

Russia called for more time on Thursday for international envoy Kofi Annan`s Syrian peace plan to work, as a ceasefire ...

British PM admires democracy in Indonesia

British Prime Minister David Cameron expressed admiration to Indonesia`s democracy in his address at Al-Azhar ...

Syria says has withdrawn from some areas: Annan

International mediator Kofi Annan said Tuesday that the Syrian army had indicated it was pulling out of some areas but ...