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UN Special Envoy: 40 Years May Be Needed to Restore Peace in Syria
A displaced Syrian girl walks past tents at a camp located in a rebel-held area on the outskirts of the northern city of Aleppo, near the border with Turkey, on January 13, 2015. AFP/Karam al-Masri
Published Thursday, January 15, 2015
Forty years may be needed to restore conflict-hit Syria unless a political solution is reached urgently, the UN's special envoy for Syria has said.
Staffan de Mistura's comments came on Thursday as Russia prepared to host a meeting between Syrian government officials and opposition figures from January 26 to 29, after the second round of Geneva talks in 2014 failed to end the conflict which has claimed more than 200,000 lives.
"Syria has gone 40 years backwards from where it was and it may need the same amount of time to restore the country unless a political solution is reached urgently," de Mistura said.
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UN Special Envoy: 40 Years May Be Needed to Restore Peace in Syria
A displaced Syrian girl walks past tents at a camp located in a rebel-held area on the outskirts of the northern city of Aleppo, near the border with Turkey, on January 13, 2015. AFP/Karam al-Masri
Published Thursday, January 15, 2015
Forty years may be needed to restore conflict-hit Syria unless a political solution is reached urgently, the UN's special envoy for Syria has said.
Staffan de Mistura's comments came on Thursday as Russia prepared to host a meeting between Syrian government officials and opposition figures from January 26 to 29, after the second round of Geneva talks in 2014 failed to end the conflict which has claimed more than 200,000 lives.
"Syria has gone 40 years backwards from where it was and it may need the same amount of time to restore the country unless a political solution is reached urgently," de Mistura said.
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UN Special Envoy 40 Years May Be Needed to Restore Peace in Syria Al Akhbar English?