Sources: CBC
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu rejects a proposal by German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to establish a United Nations-mandated security zone in northeastern Syria, calling the plan "not very realistic". 2019-10-26
The United Nations confirms the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has completely destroyed the Temple of Bel in Palmyra, Syria, after earlier reports that the structure was mostly intact. 2015-09-1
The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopts a resolution aimed at identifying those responsible for deploying chlorine and other chemical weapons in attacks in Syria. 2015-08-7
The United Nations estimates that the death toll in Syria has doubled to at least 191,000 in the past year. 2014-08-22
Eleven people, including six members of a United Nations Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons fact finding mission, are attacked near Hama in central Syria. 2014-05-27
The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says there is no prospect of an end to the conflict in Syria. 2012-12-20
2011 Syrian uprising: The United Nations says Syrian forces may have committed crimes against humanity amid the ongoing protests. 2011-07-23
The United Nations calls for an investigation into a crackdown on demonstrators in Syria. 2011-03-22
A United Nations report suggests North Korea has supplied Burma, Iran and Syria with nuclear technology, in violation of United Nations sanctions. China had previously blocked the report from reaching the UN Security Council. 2010-11-9
A leaked United Nations report states that North Korea is exporting nuclear technology to Burma, Iran and Syria. 2010-05-28