UN human rights chief hails ‘signs of new beginnings’ in Lebanon and Syria

“I arrived, I have to say, with a heavy heart, given the compounded traumas over decades in both countries, but I see signs of new beginnings,” said Volker Türk – speaking in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. On Wednesday, he was in Damascus for his first ever visit to Syria where he called for “urgent reconsideration” […]