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Tuesday, August 20, 2019
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Tuesday, August 20, 2019
China warns of Islamic State revival in Syria
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleChina’s Syria envoy says that “terrorist organizations” including the Islamic State group are being revived in the war-ravaged country, urging the international community not to ignore the “early warning” signs.
Xie Xiaoyan, Beijing’s pointman for the Syrian conflict, makes the comments after meeting in Geneva with the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir O. Pedersen.
“There is now a danger of terrorist organizations like ISIS being revived,” Xie tells reporters, using another acronym for IS. “The international community should pay attention.”
— AFP
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