U.N. to investigate attacks on U.N.-supported facilities in Syria
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations will investigate attacks on U.N.-supported facilities in northwest Syria, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced on Thursday, two days after two-thirds of the Security Council pushed for such an inquiry. Britain, France, the United States, Germany, Belgium, Peru, Poland, Kuwait, the Dominican Republic and Indonesia delivered a demarche - a formal diplomatic petition - to Guterres on Tuesday over the lack of an inquiry into attacks on some 14 locations. "The investigation will cover destruction of, or damage to facilities on the deconfliction list and U.N.-supported facilities in the area," U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement, adding that it will "ascertain the facts of these incidents and report to the Secretary-General." "The Secretary-General urges all parties concerned to cooperate with the board once it has been established," Dujarric said. The locations of the U.N. supporte