UN’s new envoy said in Damascus on Thursday that the world must confront terrorist groups in Syria and beyond, adding that the war-ravaged country also requires a political solution.
"The terrorist groups need to be confronted and that's clear," Staffan de Mistura told journalists after meeting Syria's President Bashar Assad on his first trip to Damascus since being appointed.
"But there is no contradiction and indeed complementary in fighting terrorism both with security measures... but also with (an) accelerated and effective, all-inclusive political process."
