UN chief appeals for end to Syria’s ‘man-made humanitarian nightmare’

21 February 2020
Peace and Security
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In a tersely delivered statement on Friday, the UN Secretary-General appealed for an end to the “man-made humanitarian nightmare” currently unfolding in Syria, where ongoing military operations in the north-west have displaced hundreds of thousands amid bitter winter temperatures. 

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