Combination of Crises is Creating a Human âTsunami...Crashing Across Syria' Published January 21st, 2021 - 07:18 GMT A veiled woman stands carrying a child alongside others during the release of persons suspected of being related to Islamic State (IS) group fighters from the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp in Hasakeh governorate in northeastern Syria, on January 19, 2021. Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP Highlights âThis is a fragile calm (that) could break down at any moment,â said Pedersen. Emotions ran high during a meeting of the UN Security Council on Wednesday, as permanent members traded jabs and accusations. It came as Geir Pedersen, the UNâs special envoy for Syria, and Mark Lowcock, Â under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, delivered the latest sobering warnings about the plight of the Syrian people, after a decade of death and destruction caused by the Civil War.