Guterres Establishes Independent Institution on Missing Persons in Syria

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : Israeli officials said the strikes across Syria were aimed at destroying strategic weapons and military infrastructure to prevent them being used by rebel groups that drove President Bashar Assad from power this month.
55% : "Guterres then stressed that the UN is working to facilitate a peaceful political transition in Syria, adding that adequate funding for humanitarian and recovery response is critical.
45% : "Let me be clear, there should be no military forces in the area of separation other than UN peacekeepers -- period," he said.
35% : "The protest came more than 10 days after Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) launched a lightning offensive from their northwest Syria bastion, sweeping swathes of territory from government control and taking the capital on December 8, toppling Assad.
30% : More than 150,000 people are considered missing, according to international and Syrian organizations, including the United Nations and the Syrian Network for Human Rights, it said.

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