US EditionUN envoy warns of renewed violence in Syria a month into a fragile ceasefire
UN experts report over 1,600 killed and 105 Druze women abducted amid sectarian clashes, urging protection and $3.19 billion humanitarian aid for Syria's vulnerable minorities.
- The UN envoy Geir Pedersen warned of renewed violence in Syria a month into a fragile ceasefire, as 'the threat of renewed conflict is ever-present'.
- Pedersen expressed concern that 'a month of relative military calm belies a worsening political climate, with escalatory and zero-sum rhetoric hardening among many'.
- The UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher called the humanitarian situation in Syria 'dire', saying 16 million people across the country need humanitarian support.
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UN experts worry over ongoing violence against Druze population in Syria
UN experts expressed deep concern on Thursday over the continuous violence against the Druze population in the Sweida region in Syria. Since mid-July, these UN experts have received reports of “killings, enforced disappearances, abductions, looting, destruction of property, and sexual and gender-based violence against women and girls.” The UN experts also emphasized that gender-based violence has been prevalent. Specifically, the experts reporte…
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Syria delays parliamentary vote in Sweida after sectarian violence
(Reuters) -Syria's first parliamentary election under its new Islamist administration, scheduled for September, will not include the southern province of Sweida and two other provinces because of security concerns, the electoral commission said on Saturday.Hundreds of people were reported killed in July in clashes in Sweida province pitting Druze fighters against Sunni Bedouin tribes and government forces. Israel intervened with airstrikes to pr…
UN envoy warns of renewed violence in Syria month into fragile ceasefire
UNITED NATIONS -- Syria's transition remains "on a knife-edge" and violence could resume at any moment in the southern city of Sweida, which saw deadly clashes last month, the top UN envoy for Syria warned on Thursday.
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UN envoy warns of renewed violence in Syria a month into a fragile ceasefire
The top U.N. envoy for Syria is warning that its transition remains “on a knife-edge” and violence could resume at any moment in the southern city of Sweida, which saw deadly clashes last month.
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