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UN chief calls for an cease to the Syrian other folk’s ‘struggling’

The UN secretary-general urged Security Council members to « end the suffering » of residents in besieged Eastern Ghouta, as the US threatened to « act if we must » as a ceasefire continues to be ignored by Syrian and Russian forces.  Antonio Guterres’ remarks on Monday came as government forces continued for a third week to launch air strikes and advance a…

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UN: ‘Mindless human suffering’ must consequence in East Ghouta

The United Nations says it is alarmed by « the extreme escalation in hostilities » in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta and called for « immediate » end to bombardment of the rebel-held area that has left more than 100 people dead since Sunday. « The recent escalation of violence compounds an already precarious humanitarian situation, » Panos Moumtzis, the UN’s regional humanitarian coordinator for…