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The United Nations estimates that more than 300,000 people have been killed since the start of the civil war in 2011, which is 1.5% of Syria's pre-war population.
2022-06-28

Sweden hosts the United Nations Security Council in Backåkra where the Syrian conflict is discussed by diplomats at a rare meeting outside the UN's New York headquarters.
2018-04-21

United Nations investigators accuse the Government of Syria of "extermination" in its jails and detention centres.
2016-02-8

The United Nations estimates that three million Syrians live as refugees overseas while another 6.5 million are displaced within Syria.
2014-08-29

United Nations inspectors are investigating three alleged instances of use of chemical weapons in the Syrian civil war since the Ghouta chemical attack on 21 August.
2013-09-27

UN investigators in Syria say Syrian army forces continue to bomb hospitals and massacre civilians.
2013-09-11

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon questions the legality of US plans to strike Syria without UN backing, saying that the use of force is only legal when it is in self-defence or with Security Council authorization.
2013-09-3

The United Nations says the death toll from the conflict could be more than 60,000 people.
2013-01-2

Syrian Civil War: Human rights investigators from the United Nations expand a secret list of people in Syria suspected of committing war crimes. Diplomat Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro urges the U.N. Security Council to bring the situation to the International Criminal Court.
2012-09-17

British Foreign Secretary William Hague says that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is losing legitimacy and should reform or resign, and that Britain was trying to win support for a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning repression in Syria and exploring the potential for further European Union sanctions on Syria if the violence continues.
2011-06-7