ACTION ALERT: All sides in Syria must obey International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law and end the practice of siege warfare
27 January 2016
Al-Marsad is calling on all parties to the civil war in Syria, the UN Security Council and the UN special envoy for the Syria crisis, Staffan De Mistura, to take immediate steps to ensure the end of the use of hunger as a weapon of war and to lift the sieges without delay.
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Action Alert - All sides in Syria must obey International Humanitarian and Human Rights law
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