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UN rights chief condemns attacks on Gulf states, energy sites as civilian toll mounts

  • Volker Turk calls for renewed diplomatic efforts after hostilities shift toward densely populated areas
  • ‘Human cost of this reckless war is alarming,’ Turk says, adding that strikes ‘may amount to war crimes’
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