July 2, 2013
3:00 pm

A pro-Gaza march in Amsterdam in 2009. (photo credit: CC BY Jos van Zetten, Flickr)

Israel upbraids Dutch over ‘preposterous’ Mideast report

Official document laments Palestinian suffering while ignoring terrorism, critics say; calls for talks with Hamas and sanctions against Israel

By Raphael Ahren

July 2, 2013
8:06 am

An Iranian cargo ship. (illustrative photo: CC BY-SA, sludgegulper, Flickr)

Iranian arms ship seized by Yemen may have been Somalia-bound

From the web Reuters: UN document shows weapons-laden vessel captured in January may have been attempting to bypass sanctions on arming terror groups

June 27, 2013
8:23 pm

UNDOF trucks leaving Camp Ziouani, a few hundred meters from the Quneitra border crossing. (photo credit: Ilan Ben Zion/Times of Israel staff)

UN extends UNDOF mandate, calls to up peacekeeper safety

Security Council endorses recommendation to enhance self-defense capabilities among blue hats stationed on Syria-Israel border

June 27, 2013
6:37 pm

Illustrative photo showing Russian sailors aboard the Admiral Panteleyev Russian war ship moored at the Cypriot port of Limassol, on May 17, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Pavlos Vrionides)

Russian military personnel pull out of Syria naval base

Tartus base, the only Russian naval station outside the former USSR, will continue to support Mediterranean fleet; Russian military advisers still in Syria

By AP and Times of Israel staff

June 27, 2013
2:23 pm

An Iron Dome rocket intercepting a missile fired from Gaza near Tel Aviv. (photo credit: AP/Oded Balilty

Israel demands UN condemn Gaza rocket fire

In letter to Security Council, envoy Ron Prosor decries calls for mutual restraint

By Stuart Winer

June 26, 2013
10:49 am

Iranian President Hasan Rouhani (photo credit: AP/Vahid Salemi/File)

New Iranian president sees US as only way forward in nuke talks

Hasan Rouhani, former lead nuclear negotiator for the Islamic Republic, expected to push for direct talks with Washington

By Brian Murphy

June 25, 2013
11:48 am

Iran's president Hassan Rouhani at a press conference, in Tehran on June 17, 2013. (photo credit: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)

New Iranian president stresses ties with Russia

In official statement, Hasan Rouhani says relations with Moscow will be of high importance during his term

June 19, 2013
3:01 pm

A UN peacekeeper checks a armored vehicle as it leaves from the UNDOF Ziouani camp to cross to Syria at the Quneitra Crossing between Syria and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights,on Friday, March 8, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Ariel Schalit)

UN, US ask Philippines not to leave Golan Heights

Manila says security for peacekeepers must be increased if Filipino troops are to stay in the Israel-Syria buffer zone

June 19, 2013
3:00 pm

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (photo credit: AP/Osama Faisal)

UN chief warns of new threats to global peacekeepers

Around the world, suicide bombers and improvised explosive devices challenge UN-sponsored forces deployed in hot spots

June 19, 2013
1:27 am

A UNDOF peacekeeper on a watch tower at the Quneitra Crossing between Syria and Israel. (photo credit: Ariel Schalit/AP)

UN likely to expand Golan peacekeeping force

British envoy says there is ‘strong support’ in Security Council to put more troops on the ground

June 12, 2013
11:16 pm

A UN soldier looks through binoculars towards Syria from an observation point on Mt. Bental in the Golan Heights, near the border between the Golan Heights and Syria, Friday, June 7, 2013 (photo credit: AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

UN chief: Syria spillover threatens Golan truce

Secretary general warns Security Council that deteriorating situation in war-torn region may have devastating effect for Israel

June 12, 2013
8:25 pm

UN peacekeepers monitor the Syrian side of the border from an Israeli army post at Mount Bental near Kibbutz Merom Golan in the Golan Heights in July 2012. (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

UN says Israel-Syria ceasefire jeopardized by Golan violence

From the web Reuters: In report to Security Council, Ban Ki-moon urges beefing up UNDOF peacekeeping force with men and weapons

June 2, 2013
5:12 am

Russia's Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin (photo credit: AP/Jason DeCrow/File)

Russia blocks UN condemnation of Syrian fighting

Moscow opposes Security Council resolution calling for end to Qusair violence, saying no move was made when rebels seized the town

May 29, 2013
11:25 pm

Syrian rebel fighters wearing gas masks against a chemical weapons attack earlier this year. (screen capture: Youtube/MrMrAsi)

UK alleges further Syrian chemical weapons use

Britain tells UN all non-conventional attacks in Syria carried out by the government, not rebels

By Cassandra Vinograd and Edith M. Lederer

May 25, 2013
7:48 pm

Ron Prosor addressing the Security Council in November (photo credit: screen grab http://webtv.un.org)

Israeli UN envoy accuses Syria of trying to incite war

In letter to Security Council, Ambassador Ron Prosor says recent cross border fire ‘brazen contravention’ of ceasefire

By Ilan Ben Zion

Topic: UN Security Council