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Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres speaks during a Security Council meeting about the situation in Syria at U.N. Headquarters in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S. REUTERS
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A Syrian boy removes a dead chicken from the debris of a building hit by an air strike in Idlib, Syria. REUTERS
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Internally displaced Syrian boys play on a mobile phone outside a tent in Azaz, Syria. REUTERS
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Internally displaced Syrian girls carry their belongings in an IDP camp located in Sarmada in Idlib province, Syria. REUTERS
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Clothes hang to dry on a cluster of branches in Azaz, Syria. REUTERS
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Fighters drive through Idlib city center from Saraqeb in Idlib province, Syria. REUTERS
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A relative of a wounded fighter waits for the end of his surgery in a hospital in Idlib, Syria. REUTERS
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Internally displaced Syrian boys stand near tents in Azaz, Syria. REUTERS
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An internally displaced woman with a child on her lap prepares food outside a tent in Azaz, Syria. REUTERS
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An internally displaced Syrian girl collects firewood for cooking, in Azaz, Syria. REUTERS
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Turkish ambassador to the United Nations Feridun Sinirlioglu speaks with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft alone following a Security Council meeting about the situation in Syria at United Nations Headquarters in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S. REUTERS
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Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres speaks during a Security Council meeting about the situation in Syria at U.N. Headquarters in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S. REUTERS
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A Syrian boy removes a dead chicken from the debris of a building hit by an air strike in Idlib, Syria. REUTERS
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Internally displaced Syrian boys play on a mobile phone outside a tent in Azaz, Syria. REUTERS
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Internally displaced Syrian girls carry their belongings in an IDP camp located in Sarmada in Idlib province, Syria. REUTERS
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Clothes hang to dry on a cluster of branches in Azaz, Syria. REUTERS
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Fighters drive through Idlib city center from Saraqeb in Idlib province, Syria. REUTERS
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A relative of a wounded fighter waits for the end of his surgery in a hospital in Idlib, Syria. REUTERS
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Internally displaced Syrian boys stand near tents in Azaz, Syria. REUTERS
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An internally displaced woman with a child on her lap prepares food outside a tent in Azaz, Syria. REUTERS
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An internally displaced Syrian girl collects firewood for cooking, in Azaz, Syria. REUTERS
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Turkish ambassador to the United Nations Feridun Sinirlioglu speaks with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft alone following a Security Council meeting about the situation in Syria at United Nations Headquarters in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S. REUTERS
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Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres speaks during a Security Council meeting about the situation in Syria at U.N. Headquarters in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S. REUTERS
How we can end conflict in Syria and beyond
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02 July, 2020
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