The United Nations mediator for the Syrian conflict told the Security Council on Friday that its three-week old demand for a ceasefire across the war-ravaged country was still not being implemented, and while progress had been made in in Douma in Eastern Ghouta, “the bottom line is, too many civilians are still suffering.”
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Brief ceasefire in Douma only piece of good news for civilians in war-torn Syria, UN envoy says
- 16 March 2018

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