UN Commission warns Syrian war is intensifying amid continuing patterns of war crimes and fear of large-scale regional conflict
GENEVA (10 September 2024) – Launching its latest report today, the UN Syria Commission of Inquiry warned that fighting has intensified along multiple frontlines of the Syrian conflict, with the region gripped by fear of a large-scale war.
“The deep-seated deadly dynamics are once again igniting new waves of hostilities. The recent direct fighting in northeast Syria around Deir-ez-Zor between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on the one hand and Arab tribes, Government forces and Iran-backed militia on the other, evokes the deeply entrenched grievances among the population in this part of northeast Syria,” said Commission Chair Paulo Pinheiro.
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