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Syrian government airstrikes, and rockets from Islamist insurgents, hit many neighborhoods in Aleppo. Fatalities are reported on both sides of the city. This continued fighting threatens the truce and peace talks being held in Geneva, Switzerland. UN envoy Staffan de Mistura says he will meet the government delegation Monday, and will sit down with the main opposition High Negotiations Committee later in the week.
2016-04-16

Three million people are now refugees from the conflict, as estimated by the United Nations.
2013-11-28

Clashes continue in Syria as United Nations observers are due to arrive in the country.
2012-04-15

The United Nations will send experts on a government-led humanitarian mission.
2012-03-15

Syrian uprising: At least 45 women and children are killed and burned in Homs after the United Nations visited Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to discuss the uprising.
2012-03-10

A United Nations official claims that Syrian government activities have caused "well over 7,500 deaths" in the Syrian uprising.
2012-02-29

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay calls for an immediate ceasefire and demands humanitarian access.
2012-02-28

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calls on the Syrian regime to "stop killing its own people".
2012-01-15

President Bashar al-Assad offers a general amnesty for crimes committed since the uprising began.
2012-01-15

Israel announces that Benjamin Netanyahu, Ehud Barak and Avigdor Lieberman have chosen Yosef Ciechanover, who formerly held posts in the Foreign Ministry, Defence Ministry and defence mission to the United States, to represent it on the United Nations panel to investigate May's Gaza flotilla raid.
2010-08-7