UN envoy warns Syria conflict not over yet
• Dec 17, 2024, 9:13 PM
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A UN envoy warned on Tuesday that Syria's protracted conflict "has not ended yet", even as the country's victorious Islamist-led rebels stepped up contacts with governments that deemed ousted president Bashar al-Assad a pariah. The UN's migration chief, Amy Pope, meanwhile warned against a "large-scale return" of refugees to Syria, adding that "sending people back will only destabilise the country further". FRANCE 24's Jessica Le Masurier reports from New York.
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