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NOVANEWS UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura has questioned the role of the United States and its so-called military engagement against terrorist groups in the Middle Eastern country, saying Washington’s new administration is still working on its conflicting priorities in tackling the six-year-long crisis. De Mistura made the remarks in the 53rd Munich Security Conference, an annual gathering of top diplomats and defense officials, on Sunday, the last day of the summit and just four days ahead of crucial peace negotiations on Syria in Geneva, Switzerland. He further said that US President Donald Trump’s administration is stuck among three incompatible priorities in tackling the conflict, which include its so-cal...

NOVANEWS The United States, the United Kingdom, France and the United Nations have not yet offered humanitarian relief to 90,000 Aleppo citizens, liberated from militants two days ago, the Russian Defense Ministry’s spokesman said Wednesday. “Two days after over 90,000 Aleppo residents were freed from terrorists, no offer of humanitarian assistance came from the office of UN envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura, the British and French Foreign Ministries or the US State Department,” the ministry’s spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said. Konashenkov reminded about the previous US, UK, UN and French demands to provide humanitarian access to eastern Aleppo when it was held by the militants. “Apparently, the [humanitarian] assistance was destined for certain other people living in the eas...

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UN envoy to Syria questions US role in resolving Syria crisis

UN, US Fail to Offer Humanitarian Aid to 90,000 Freed Aleppo Citizens