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02-11-2018, 05:00 PM
GENEVA: UN human rights chief Zeid Ra´ad Al Hussein on Saturday accused Syrian forces of carrying out ?no-holds-barred? military offensives after a spike in violence left hundreds of civilians dead.
Calling for ?urgent international action? to protect civilians, Zeid also slammed what he called an ?epic failure of global diplomacy? to end the seven-year-old war. ?The past week has been one of the bloodiest periods of the entire conflict, with wave after wave of deadly airstrikes leading to civilian casualties in areas of Eastern Ghouta and Idlib,? Zeid said in a statement. According to the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Office, at least 277 civilians were killed last week including 230 in air strikes by Syrian government and allied forces, the statement said. Another 812 civilians were injured, it said. ?The no-holds-barred nature of this assault is evidenced by reports that at least nine medical facilities, six of them in Idlib and three in Eastern Ghouta, were hit by air strikes,? the statement added. - UN ´paralysis´ - ?After seven years of paralysis in the Security Council, the situation in Syria is crying out to be referred to the International Criminal Court, as well as for a much more concerted effort by states to bring peace,? the statement said. ?The conduct and management of this war has been utterly shameful from the outset, and the failure to end it marks an epic failure of global diplomacy.? The UN Security Council is currently examining a draft resolution calling for a 30-day ceasefire in all of Syria to enable the urgent delivery of humanitarian aid, according to a text seen by AFP on Friday.
The draft resolution proposed by Sweden and Kuwait also calls for an immediate end to all sieges including in Eastern Ghouta. The Council is expected to begin debate on the resolution Monday. The position on the resolution of Syria´s ally Russia was not yet known. Moscow has repeatedly blocked action in the council that would put pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Earlier this week the Council failed to back an appeal by UN aid officials for a month-long pause in fighting after Russia rejected the proposal. Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said it was ?not realistic? to impose a ceasefire because armed groups fighting Assad´s forces were unlikely to uphold it.
Unacceptable to endanger lives of Russian soldiers in Syria: Moscow: Russia on Saturday called for ?restraint? from all parties in Syria and said it considered risking the lives of Russian soldiers ?absolutely unacceptable? following large-scale Israeli air strikes inside Syria.
?We strongly call on all sides involved to show restraint and avoid all acts that could lead to complicating the situation further,? the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement. ?It is absolutely unacceptable to create threats to the lives and security of Russian soldiers that are in the Syrian Arab Republic on the invitation of the legal government to assist in the fight against terrorism,? it added. The foreign ministry said it had ?interpreted the latest developments and attacks on Syria with serious concern? and said that the human and material losses on the Syrian regime´s side are not yet known. Israel struck targets inside Syria on Saturday after intercepting what it said was an Iranian drone entering its airspace from Syria, which it labelled an ?attack.? The Russian foreign ministry did not mention Moscow´s earlier joint statement with the Syrian regime´s other allies ? Iran and Lebanese group Hezbollah ? that called Israeli claims of the Iranian drone in its airspace ?lies.? Russia became involved in the multi-front conflict in September 2015, when it began an aerial campaign in support of President Bashar al-Assad´s military.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin last month on Iran´s influence in war-torn Syria and in Lebanon, seeking to persuade Russia to limit Iran´s presence near Israeli territory and to stop it from entrenching itself militarily in Syria. Putin ordered the partial withdrawal of Russia´s troops from Syria in December, saying their task in the war-torn country had been largely completed.
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Calling for ?urgent international action? to protect civilians, Zeid also slammed what he called an ?epic failure of global diplomacy? to end the seven-year-old war. ?The past week has been one of the bloodiest periods of the entire conflict, with wave after wave of deadly airstrikes leading to civilian casualties in areas of Eastern Ghouta and Idlib,? Zeid said in a statement. According to the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Office, at least 277 civilians were killed last week including 230 in air strikes by Syrian government and allied forces, the statement said. Another 812 civilians were injured, it said. ?The no-holds-barred nature of this assault is evidenced by reports that at least nine medical facilities, six of them in Idlib and three in Eastern Ghouta, were hit by air strikes,? the statement added. - UN ´paralysis´ - ?After seven years of paralysis in the Security Council, the situation in Syria is crying out to be referred to the International Criminal Court, as well as for a much more concerted effort by states to bring peace,? the statement said. ?The conduct and management of this war has been utterly shameful from the outset, and the failure to end it marks an epic failure of global diplomacy.? The UN Security Council is currently examining a draft resolution calling for a 30-day ceasefire in all of Syria to enable the urgent delivery of humanitarian aid, according to a text seen by AFP on Friday.
The draft resolution proposed by Sweden and Kuwait also calls for an immediate end to all sieges including in Eastern Ghouta. The Council is expected to begin debate on the resolution Monday. The position on the resolution of Syria´s ally Russia was not yet known. Moscow has repeatedly blocked action in the council that would put pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Earlier this week the Council failed to back an appeal by UN aid officials for a month-long pause in fighting after Russia rejected the proposal. Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said it was ?not realistic? to impose a ceasefire because armed groups fighting Assad´s forces were unlikely to uphold it.
Unacceptable to endanger lives of Russian soldiers in Syria: Moscow: Russia on Saturday called for ?restraint? from all parties in Syria and said it considered risking the lives of Russian soldiers ?absolutely unacceptable? following large-scale Israeli air strikes inside Syria.
?We strongly call on all sides involved to show restraint and avoid all acts that could lead to complicating the situation further,? the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement. ?It is absolutely unacceptable to create threats to the lives and security of Russian soldiers that are in the Syrian Arab Republic on the invitation of the legal government to assist in the fight against terrorism,? it added. The foreign ministry said it had ?interpreted the latest developments and attacks on Syria with serious concern? and said that the human and material losses on the Syrian regime´s side are not yet known. Israel struck targets inside Syria on Saturday after intercepting what it said was an Iranian drone entering its airspace from Syria, which it labelled an ?attack.? The Russian foreign ministry did not mention Moscow´s earlier joint statement with the Syrian regime´s other allies ? Iran and Lebanese group Hezbollah ? that called Israeli claims of the Iranian drone in its airspace ?lies.? Russia became involved in the multi-front conflict in September 2015, when it began an aerial campaign in support of President Bashar al-Assad´s military.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin last month on Iran´s influence in war-torn Syria and in Lebanon, seeking to persuade Russia to limit Iran´s presence near Israeli territory and to stop it from entrenching itself militarily in Syria. Putin ordered the partial withdrawal of Russia´s troops from Syria in December, saying their task in the war-torn country had been largely completed.
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