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UN peace mediator warns of further escalation in Syria

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UN peace mediator warns of further escalation in Syria

Orient Net, Feb. 15, 2018 -The UN special envoy to Syria crisis warned on Wednesday that a recent increase in violence has created one of the most dangerous moments in years of Syria war, as the regime bombards rebel areas and foreign powers further intervene.


“I have been now four years (as) special envoy, this is a violent and worrying and dangerous a moment as any that I’ve seen in my time,” Staffan de Mistura told the United Nations Security Council.


The 15-member Security Council is currently negotiating a possible resolution, drafted by Kuwait and Sweden that would demand a 30-day ceasefire in Syria to allow the delivery of aid and the evacuation of sick and wounded.


“What we are seeing in Syria today not only imperils the de-escalation arrangements and regional stability, it also undermines the efforts for a political solution. Yet we will not be deterred from pursuing the Geneva process, which is the only sustainable path toward a political solution,” De Mistura said.


Last week was one of the bloodiest in the nearly seven-year-old conflict as Assad regime forces, backed by Russia and Iran, bombarded two of the last major rebel areas: Eastern Ghouta and the northwestern province of Idlib.