UN Security Council must not fail Syria’s besieged civilians again

Headline Title: UN Security Council must not fail Syria’s besieged civilians again 13 February 2014 As many as a quarter of a million civilians in areas under siege around Syria need the UN Security Council to push for unfettered humanitarian access to alleviate their suffering, Amnesty International said today, as the world body considers a draft resolution submitted by Australia, Luxembourg and Jordan. In one location alone – the Yarmouk camp for Palestinian refugees south of Damascus, in which Syrian nationals also live – the organization has received the names…

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