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Date: Feb 21, 2018
Source: The Daily Star
UN Syria envoy sees risk of "second Aleppo" in Eastern Ghouta
Reuters
GENEVA, Switzerland: The escalating battle for the besieged Syrian enclave of Eastern Ghouta could turn into a repeat of the battle for Aleppo, Syria's second city which endured months of conflict at the end of 2016, U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said Tuesday.

"This has a risk of becoming a second Aleppo, and we have learned, I hope, lessons from that," de Mistura told Reuters when asked to comment on the situation.


 
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