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'Huge opportunity to craft a new Syria,' says UN Human Rights Chief
FRANCE 24 spoke to United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk about the end of the Assad regime, brought down by a lightning offensive led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). With the old regime gone, Turk said there is now a “huge opportunity to craft a new Syria, which is anchored in human rights”, emphasising the country’s active civil society.
FRANCE 24 spoke to United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk about the end of the Assad regime, brought down by a lightning offensive led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). With the old regime gone, Turk said there is now a “huge opportunity to craft a new Syria, which is anchored in human rights”, emphasising the country’s active civil society.
