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Hello, this is Michelle. Since the fall of the Assad regime, Syria’s new leadership has made a point of showing its openness to cooperate with the UN and even to scrutiny.

Its expected endorsement for the renewal of the UN Human Rights Council-backed Commission of Inquiry on Syria this week can be viewed as another token of its commitment, meant to reassure the international community.

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Michelle Langrand

02.04.2025


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A Syrian army helicopter throws flowers and confetti on a group of demonstrators marking the 14th anniversary of the start of the uprising against Bashar al-Assad’s government in March 2011, in Umayyad square, Damascus, on 15 March 2025. (Keystone/AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Human Rights Council to renew UN body on Syria with government’s blessing. Syria is set to welcome the Human Rights Council’s scrutiny for the first time as its new leaders seek to carve a place among the international community. But as the fragile transition gets underway, rights campaigners urge nations not to let their guard down.

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