‘UN Unable to Independently Confirm Claims of Gas Attacks in Syria’
The United Nations is unable to independently confirm recent allegations of chemical attacks in Syria, UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura said. “There have been several allegations of chlorine attacks in Ghouta, in Idlib, and also now recently in Afrin. While we cannot independently verify these allegations, but if confirmed, it is outrageous […]
De Mistura sports a big double standard
Two months after the onset of the Turkish military invasion of the Afrin district in northwestern Syria which has left many Kurds wounded and many displaced from their towns, villages and farms, all of the sudden Staffan De Mistura, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Syria, has decided to show up but not to support […]
De Mistura insists on implementation of UNSC Resolution on Syria
Military strikes in the last two days have killed at least 30 people in Eastern Ghouta, the besieged suburb of Syria’s capital Damascus, where the United Nations is attempting to arrange a cease fire, UN Security Council spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters on Monday. On Saturday, the UN Security Council, including Russia, voted in for a […]