The UN Secretary General's special envoy Staffan de Mistura warned that a recent agreement that saw the population of a Damascus suburb evacuated after surrendering to the government could be repeated in other places around the country.
At a press conference in Geneva, Staffan de Mistura warns that "after Daraya, we may have other Darayas."
Government forces kept Daraya under tight siege for four years after the suburb evicted security forces in 2012, ultimately securing an agreement for the estimated 6,000 remaining civilians to leave last week. De Mistura acknowledged that such tactics "could be a strategy taking place."
De Mistura's humanitarian adviser, Jan Egeland, said the UN's humanitarian task force for Syria had "failed the people of Daraya."
Egeland warns that sieges on al-Waer in Homs and Madaya, near Damascus, could compel similar evacuations, Associated Press reports.
