Damascus calls for immediate intervention to stop "Turkish crime against a million Syrians"
The Syrian government runs water tanks to relieve thirst in Hasaka. Archives
Last night, the Syrian government called on the United Nations to intervene immediately to stop "the Turkish crime against about one million Syrians in the Hasaka governorate" in the northeast of the country.
The permanent representative of Syria to the United Nations, Bashar al-Jaafari, said, in a phone call, with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, that "the Turkish aggressive behavior to cut off drinking water to Hasakah is a war crime and a crime against humanity."
Guterres responded to al-Jaafari's message by confirming that he will do his best immediately with the Turkish government and other parties to ensure pressure to resolve the issue as soon as possible, stressing that he will "assign his special envoy, Pedersen, to work to address this issue through his meeting with representatives of the United States, Russia and Turkey in Geneva next Monday." .
Al-Jaafari confirmed last week that "the presence of the Turkish military forces on the Syrian lands is aggression, occupation and a gross violation of the principles of international law, the provisions of the United Nations Charter and the principles of friendly relations and good neighborliness between countries."