Wednesday, October 17, 2012

United Nation's Syrian Envoy Warns That The Conflict Could Spread



Syria Envoy Brahimi Warns Conflict Could Spread -- Voice of America

CAIRO — The U.N.-Arab League special envoy for Syria said Wednesday that Syria's civil war could spread across Middle Eastern borders into an "all-consuming conflict" unless the violence is eventually contained.

The veteran Algerian diplomat, who played a major role in negotiating an end to Lebanon's civil war in 1989, said at a Beirut news conference that it is imperative a cease-fire be worked out in Syria.

Brahimi said it will be impossible to contain the crisis within Syria's borders forever. Either the crisis will be stopped, he said, or it will get bigger and spread to other parts of the region.

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