UNITED NATIONS: Syria’s battle “has not ended” even after the departure of former president Bashar al-Assad, the UN’s envoy to the nation warned on Tuesday (Dec 17), highlighting clashes between Turkish-backed and Kurdish teams within the north.
Geir Pedersen, the UN’s particular envoy for Syria, additionally known as on the Safety Council for Israel to “stop all settlement exercise within the occupied Syrian Golan” and stated an end to sanctions can be key to helping the nation.
Talking about Turkish-backed and Kurdish fighters, Pedersen warned “there have been vital hostilities within the final two weeks, earlier than a ceasefire was brokered.”
“A five-day ceasefire has now expired and I’m critically involved about reviews of army escalation,” he stated.
“Such an escalation may very well be catastrophic.”
Shortly after Pedersen spoke, the USA introduced it had brokered an extension of a ceasefire, to the top of the week, between pro-Turkish fighters and Syrian Kurds on the flashpoint city of Manbij.
Pedersen additionally stated he had met with Syria’s new de facto leadership following the rebels’ lightning takeover, and toured the notorious Sednaya jail’s “dungeons” and “torture and execution chambers,” operated underneath Assad’s authorities.
He known as for “broad help” for Syria and an finish to sanctions to permit for reconstruction of the war-ravaged nation.
“Concrete motion on an inclusive political transition can be key in making certain Syria receives the financial help it wants,” Pedersen stated.
