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Publish date31 Oct 2014 - 15:03
Story Code : 172736

UN's Syria envoy proposes action plan

The United Nations special envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, has proposed an action plan for areas where Syrian forces are fighting Takfiri militants.
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De Mistura said on Thursday that the proposal includes “freeze zones” in Syria to allow deliveries of humanitarian aid, starting with the country’s largest city Aleppo.

“It should be something that freezes the conflict in that area and gives an opportunity for some type of humanitarian improvement and for the people to feel that at least there, there will not be this type of conflict," said De Mistura.

Syrian Ambassador to the UN Bashar Jaffari responded to de Mistura’s comments, saying Damascus was ready to give the proposal “due consideration” and that he would receive more details of the plan during a meeting on Friday.

The UN envoy presented the proposal during his first briefing to the UN Security Council (UNSC) following a 40-day tour of the region, including visits to Russia, Iran and Syria.

Syria has been grappling with a foreign-backed deadly crisis since March 2011. The violence fuelled by Takfiri groups has so far reportedly claimed the lives of nearly 200,000 people, according to reports.

According to UN figures, more than three million Syrians are said to have taken shelter in the neighboring countries of Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Iraq since the onset of the Syrian crisis.

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