Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird flew to the Golan Heights Sunday to hear Israeli concerns about extremists in Syria announcing $2 million in financing for efforts to secure Syrian chemical weapons. The money comes from a credit line for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is to support a UN investigation into chemical weapons mandated by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
The Syrian government has withdrawn thousands of soldiers from the Golan Heights and moved them to battle fronts closer to Damascus, the Guardian reported Sunday. According to reports, the move cast doubt over the future of a UN peacekeeping force on a vital plateau. Western diplomats said the Syrian redeployments near the Golan ceasefire line were the most significant in forty years. It's shown that 6,000 people died in Syria in the month of March, the deadliest month yet in Syria.
I think it's a good idea for them to be supporting a UN investigation. I feel that there should be more being done with all the attacks that are occurring in that area.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I think that the move and it's possibility of being negative on the future of a UN peacekeeping force seems to be a huge negative. Hopefully, they figure something to get the death rate numbers down!