attacks on civilians

The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan has said it remains troubled that civilians are being killed in high numbers and that it has found that during the holy month of Ramadan, anti-Government elements “deliberately and knowingly targeted civilians.”

Save the Children calls on governments around the world to recognise the role they have to play in ending grave violations against children, including ending arms sales to countries that bomb civilian areas indiscriminately.

With the ingredients for a "perfect storm” brewing in the Syrian province of Idlib, the international community cannot allow civilians there to succumb to such a fate, the UN Envoy for the country has told the Security Council.

Following a period of relative calm in Syria's Eastern Ghouta, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed deep concern over renewed violence in Douma, particularly the alarming allegations that chemical weapons may have been used against civilians.