Stephen O'Brien

UN concerned about humanitarian crisis in Mosul

UN concerned about humanitarian crisis in Mosul

UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Stephen O'Brien, expressed concern over the suffering of the people who are living in the Iraqi city of Mosul, where the army is trying to drive out ISIS …

Nearly one million living under siege in Syria

Nearly one million living under siege in Syria

The UN Security Council has been told there are nearly one million people living under siege in Syria, a revision of earlier figures. Aid chief Stephen O'Brien told the council the new figure of 974,080 people marks …

Iran urges UN to impartially solve global crises

Iran urges UN to impartially solve global crises

Iran’s Deputy FM Hossein Jaberi Ansari said the United Nations is expected to take unbiased standards and human efforts to put an end to the current crises across the world, Tasnim reports. Speaking among …

Istanbul hosts first World Humanitarian Summit

Istanbul hosts first World Humanitarian Summit

The first World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul starts its work, it will last for two days. The summit is being held on the initiative of the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon with the organizational support of the …

Vicious circle of anti-Russian propaganda

Vicious circle of anti-Russian propaganda

The Defense Ministry of Russia built contacts with representatives of armed groups in Syria which stood on positions of rejecting terrorism and extremism