As ISIL Advances on Syrian Town, UN Envoy Urges International Action to Avoid ‘Massacre’

by Gary Kopycinski on October 10, 2014

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GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–10 October 2014 – The United Nations will adopt a minimalistic, concrete and realistic approach to addressing the crisis generated by Syria’s ongoing conflict, a senior UN official said today as he warned about the growing dangers facing civilians amid the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s (ISIL) latest offensive in the country.