UN mulls sending peacekeepers to Syria

The United Nations considers sending from 4,000 to 10,000 peacekeepers to Syria, RIA Novosti reported citing a diplomatic source.

The source said that envoys of countries whose servicemen constitute the UN peacekeeping contingent, met on Friday, Dec 14, to discuss various scenarios of events in Syria.

“The problem is that the UN has no extra resources. The UN has a contingent of about 115,000 peacekeepers in various countries, but in order to send [a peacekeeping mission] to Syria, [the UN] will have to withdraw them from somewhere,” the source said.