Envoy warns of 'full collapse' for Syria

BEIRUT (TAP) - The international envoy working to end Syria’s civil war warned Sunday that the failure of the government and the rebels to pursue a political solution could lead to the "full collapse of the Syrian state" and threaten the world’s security.

Lakhdar Brahimi, who represents the United Nations and the Arab League, said that as many as 100,000 people could be killed in the next year as Syria moves toward ‘‘Somalisation’’ and rule by warlords.

At a news conference at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Brahimi reported little progress in his mission to push forward a peace plan for Syria first presented in June at an international conference in Geneva.

But so far, neither the regime of President Bashar Assad nor the scores of rebels groups fighting his forces across the country have shown any interest in negotiations.

Tunisian African Press