Israel Refuses to Accept Syrian Asylum Seekers, Defense Minister Says

Israel will not allow Syrian asylum seekers to enter its territory but is ready to assist them, Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Friday amid the influx of Syrians near the country's northern border due to increasing hostilities in southern Syria.

Ministero della difesa russo: USA creano in Siria “riserva per i terroristi”

Gli USA useranno la zona sotto il loro controllo nella Siria occidentale in qualità di copertura per i terroristi. Lo ha comunicato in una intervista sul canale Russia 24 il vice ministro della difesa della Russia Aleksandr Fomin.

Russia-donated grain arrives in food-short North Korea

A total of 800 tons of flour donated by Russia arrived at a North Korean port this week to help meet the North's food shortages, Radio Free Asia reported Tuesday.

Manipulation of Data on Humanitarian Situation in Syria Unacceptable: Moscow

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said that falsification and manipulation of data on humanitarian situation in Syria is unacceptable.

Russian MoD: UN has to give guarantees to resume any humanitarian pause in Aleppo

Russian Defense Ministry called on the UN to offer guarantees on halting the attacks of terrorists in Aleppo as a provision to resume the humanitarian pause.

Russian Foreign Ministry: De Mistura’s assistant is distorting facts

A source at the Russian Foreign Ministry said that Jan Egeland, the Senior Special Advisor to the UN Special Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura, is distorting facts by saying that implementing of the UN humanitarian plan in Aleppo depends on Moscow and Damascus.

Russian, Syrian Armies to Organize 8-Hour ‘Humanitarian Pause’ in Aleppo on Oct. 20

Russia is ready to cease operations in Aleppo at any moment to allow medics access to the Syrian city and ensure the evacuation of injured civilians, the General Staff said, adding that it has scheduled a humanitarian pause for Thursday.

Egypt temporarily reopens border crossing with Gaza

Egypt announced it temporarily reopened the Rafah crossing for two days to allow Palestinians to enter or leave the Gaza Strip, and plans to do so a second time later this week.

UN chief tours Haiti to take stock of damage from Hurricane Matthew

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited Haiti on Saturday to tour the regions devastated by Hurricane Matthew in early October.

Haiti begins 3 days of mourning for hurricane victims as aid arrives. One of the main fears at this point is cholera, with 13 deaths already

The island nation of Haiti has begun three days of national mourning for the hundreds killed by Hurricane Matthew.

US to send Navy ship to aid hurricane-hit Haiti as death toll reaches 842

The United States announced it will send a Navy ship to Haiti, where Hurricane Matthew has claimed over 800 lives and caused catastrophic damage.

North Korea says China offered flood assistance

North Korea said Thursday China reached out with plans for flood assistance after a "catastrophic" deluge forced hundreds of thousands of North Koreans out of their homes in late August.

North Korea's food shortage grows but elites remain unaffected, Seoul says

 North Korea's food shortage is growing but the crisis has yet to affect the country's elite.

WFP issues emergency aid to over 140,000 North Korean flood victims

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has provided food assistance to over 140,000 North Koreans affected by recent flooding in the northeast of the country, according to a press release on Tuesday.

Syrian side ready to guarantee safe passage to aid convoys — Russian Defense Ministry

The Syrian side is ready to ensure the safe passage of aid convoys bound for Aleppo through the government-controlled territories while the pro-government troops are ready to move away from the Castello road near Aleppo, Sergey Kapitsyn, the commander of the operations group deployed on the road and a representative of the Russian reconciliation center, said on Monday.

Two million people in need of aid in Syria's Aleppo, UN says

The United Nations remained deeply concerned over the plight of up to 2 million people in need of assistance across Aleppo city and for those in the surrounding countryside in Syria, a UN spokesman said.

No military solution possible in Syria, UN envoy says

The UN special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura on Thursday said that the ongoing fighting in Aleppo shows that no military solution is possible in the Syrian city or elsewhere in the war-torn Middle East country, a UN spokesman told reporters.

Army’s General Staff of Russia: 1000 terrorist killed in Aleppo during the latest days. A daily 3-hour humanitarian truce will start on Thursday

General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation announced on Wednesday that the losses of the armed terrorist groups during the military operations south-west of Aleppo in the last 4 days reached at nearly one thousand killed and two thousand wounded terrorists.

Russian planes deliver selective strikes at militant positions near Aleppo. Terrorists execute those attempting to flee Aleppo

Russian planes actively help Syrian army to repel militant attacks and deliver selective air strikes at militant positions near Aleppo, Sergei Rudskoi, the head of the main operational department of the Russian General Staff, told journalists on Monday.

'Dozens of families' leave besieged Aleppo: SANA

Dozens of families left the besieged opposition-held east of Syria's Aleppo city on Saturday through a "humanitarian corridor" to the government-held west, Syria's official SANA news agency reported.