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Syria Cessation of Hostilities Largely Holding - UN Envoy

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Syria Cessation of Hostilities Largely Holding - UN Envoy

12:13 GMT 12.01.2017 (Updated: 12:16 GMT 12.01.2017)

© AFP 2023 / PHILIPPE DESMAZESUnited Nations Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura speaks during a press conference in Geneva on March 15, 2016, on the second round of Syrian peace talks at the UN headquarters

United Nations Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura speaks during a press conference in Geneva on March 15, 2016, on the second round of Syrian peace talks at the UN headquarters - Sputnik International

UN Special Envoy for Syria said that the cessation of hostilities in Syria has generally been holding, but it has not enabled humanitarian access to besieged areas.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The cessation of hostilities in Syria has generally been holding, but it has not enabled humanitarian access to besieged areas, UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura said Thursday.

“The COH [cessation of hostilities] is largely holding with some exceptions, but in theory that should be giving an opportunity for accelerated humanitarian access to besieged areas. Unfortunately, that’s not the case,” de Mistura told a briefing.