UN special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura is asking Syria to delay its planned invasion of Idlib Province because of the dense population of civilians in the area. He warned heavy fighting with a large number of terrorists in the area could risk a humanitarian crisis.
In particular, Mistura warned that such fighting could lead to either Syria’s government or the Nusra Front using chemical weapons amid the chaos. It is unusual for an official to admit the possibility of a chemical attack that isn’t immediately blamed on the government.
His concern is not unfounded, as it comes amid a flurry of reports of rebels plotting to “stage” chlorine gas releases to simulate an attack. The US has threatened to attack Syria if a chemical weapon is used, and the US never seems to bother with figuring out who released the chemicals.
Mistura noted that of the rebels in Idlib, some 10,000 are considered UN-designated terrorists for ties to al-Qaeda. That’s a huge number, and Syrian officials have used wiping out such terrorist groups as a key priority in the upcoming offensive.
and 18 years later we still continue to bomb and occupy afghanistan for a single terrorist attack that afghans had nothing to do with.
The irony never ceases to amaze.
All of the sudden UN is concerned with human lives in Idlib, but they ignore US attacks in Mosul where thousands of civilian die!
the US and its Empire has been trying to weaken and destroy independent-minded leaders and nations for decades, by sanctions, covert operations, propaganda, coup d’etat, assassination, and then overt attacks and supplying their hand-picked jihadists or terrorists (from the contras to the al Qaeda in iraq and yemen). and all because there has essentially been no countervailing power/s to stop the US.
poor world