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Gregory WALTON

UN Envoy To Syria Warns Conflict Not Over

Fighting in the north of Syria, between Kurdish and Turkish-backed groups, could be 'catastrophic,' a top UN official has warned (Credit: AFP)

Syria's conflict "has not ended" even after the departure of former president Bashar al-Assad, the UN's envoy to the country warned Tuesday, highlighting clashes between Turkish-backed and Kurdish groups in the north.

Geir Pedersen, the UN's special envoy for Syria, also called at the Security Council for Israel to "cease all settlement activity in the occupied Syrian Golan" and said an end to sanctions would be key to assisting Syria.

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