UN Special Envoy calls for long-term solutions to Syria
(VOVWORLD) - Syria’s opposition must accept that they have not won the six-and-a-half year war against President Bashar al-Assad, U.N. peace mediator Staffan de Mistura said on Wednesday.
 UN Special Envoy calls for long-term solutions to Syria |
De Mistura suggested the war was almost over because many countries had got involved principally to defeat Islamic State in Syria, and a national ceasefire should follow soon after. The main rebel-held area, the city of Idlib would be “frozen”. He said victory can only be if there is a sustainable political long-term solution. De Mistura plans to join ceasefire talks in the Kazakh capital Astana next week, which he said should help resolve the fate of Idlib, a city of 2 million where rebels designated as terrorists by the United Nations are gaining influence.