The UN envoy to Syria, Ger Pederson, arrived in Damascus yesterday to hold consultations on forming a constitutional committee to re-launch the political process, while Syria accused the United States of sending a new arms shipment to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
In detail, Pederson said upon arrival in the Syrian capital: «I wait anxiously to meet with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, the previous meetings were fruitful».
Resolution 2254 of the UN Security Council, which calls for a ceasefire and political transition in Syria, provides for the formation of a committee to prepare a new constitution, presumably to include 150 members, 50 of whom the regime will choose and 50 from the opposition, while the other 50 special envoys.
On the other hand, Syria accused the United States yesterday, "breaching international law through its illegal support for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)," the Syrian news agency (SANA) that a US convoy of 175 trucks loaded with weapons and logistics equipment coming from northern Iraq, arrived To the province of Al-Hasakah to support «SDF». The agency quoted what it described as "identical civil and media sources," saying that a new boost of reinforcements, including 175 trucks carrying weapons and logistical equipment from northern Iraq, entered the Syrian territory through the Simalka river crossing provided by Washington in support of «SDF», in order to strengthen its positions in Areas of deployment in the countryside of Hasaka, Deir Ezzor and Raqqa. The agency said that US forces on the 15th of this month, a convoy of 150 trucks loaded with military and logistical reinforcements through the Simalka river crossing, which connects northern Iraq with Syria to support «SDF» as well.