UN chief: Syrian people feel abandoned as world focuses on ISIL

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Tuesday 24 Mar 2015 - 15:46 Makkah mean time-4-6-1436 UN chief Ban Ki-moon (Reuters picture) New York (IINA) – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday the people of Syria feel “increasingly abandoned by the world” as global attention focuses on Islamic State (IS) militants, while violence and government bureaucracy hinder attempts to deliver aid to 12 million people. In his 13th monthly report to the UN Security Council on Syria, Ban said a lack of accountability during the four-year civil war has also led to a rise in allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity and other human rights abuses. “While global attention is focused on the threat to regional and international peace and security posed by terrorist groups such as ISIL and al-Qaeda’s Nusra Front, our focus must continue to be on how best to help and support the Syrian people,” Ban said in the report, carried by Deutsche Welle website. The UN chief said more than 220,000 people have been killed since security forces cracked down on a pro-democracy movement in 2011, sparking an armed uprising. Some four million Syrians have fled the country and 7.6 million are internally displaced. AB/IINA