Turkiye argued the world should not be distracted from the deadlock in Syria while other crises take prominence, local Turkish media reports. “The rise of other large-scale crises should not diminish our attention to Syria, as economic, security and humanitarian aspects of the crisis continue to deteriorate. The status quo is not sustainable,” Ahmet Yıldız, Turkiye’s envoy to the UN, told the Security Council. Yıldız said, “A re-energised focus on Syria is needed.” “This requires, first and foremost, a change of attitude on side of the Syrian regime to initiate genuine national reconciliation,” he added. Hundreds of thousands of people have since been killed and more than 10 million others displaced, according to UN figures. More than a quarter of […]
