Syria’s dance of death leaves peace prospects gloomy
Talmiz Ahmad
January 31, 2021 20:14
UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen attends a news conference after a meeting of the Syrian Constitutional Committee at the UN in Geneva, on January 29, 2021. (Reuters)
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The 45-member “small group” of the Syrian Constitutional Committee, made up of government, opposition and civil society representatives, met in Geneva under UN auspices last week to discuss the “basic principles” of the new Syrian constitution. Afterwards, all that UN special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen would say was that some potential “commonalities” had emerged, confirming that discussions had a long way to go.
Hurras al-Din, affiliated with al-Qaeda in Syria, claimed responsibility for an attack against a Russian base in northern Raqqa and pledged to expand operations outside its areas of deployment in Idlib.
Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Weekly – December 19-26, 2020
December 23, 2020
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