Geir Pedersen told the Security Council that, on top of violence from the Syrian conflict, the Syrian people now face “a terrifying prospect of a potential wider escalation” following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks on Israel and the ongoing retaliatory military action.
A U.N. envoy says the Israel-Hamas war is spilling into Syria, adding to growing instability there
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Mr. Pedersen told the U.N. Security Council that he was “sounding an alarm” that the Syrian people face “a terrifying prospect of a potential wider escalation.”
Israel expands ground campaign in Gaza, as fears of widening regional war rise
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