March 16, 2021 Syria’s decade of conflict has taken a massive toll on women and girls. — courtesy UNFPA Syria A health worker talks to displaced children about their hopes and worries in Atma camp, Syria. — courtesy UNOCHA/Mahmoud Al-Basha GENEVA — As the Syrian war reaches its grim decade-long milestone, the UN envoy for the country told the Security Council on Monday that it will “go down as one of the darkest chapters in recent history” referring to the Syrian people as among “the greatest victims of this century”. “I want to commemorate Syrian victims and remember Syrian suffering and resilience in the face of unimaginable violence and indignities that...[they] have faced over ten long years”, Special Envoy Geir Pedersen said, reciting a litany of “countless” violations of international law, including “the unspeakable horrors of chemical weapons”.