The claim
“Antonio Guterres's visit to Syria is the first official visit by a serving UN Secretary-General in 17 years.”
news article reporting on Guterres visit to Syria
Our verdict
True
Multiple sources confirm that Antonio Guterres's visit to Syria is the first official visit by a serving UN Secretary-General in 17 years, with the last visit being in 2009.
What we found
Sources such as dw.com, middleeastmonitor.com, thehindu.com, aljazeera.com, and newarab.com all support this claim.
The evidence
2 sources, all background: none settles the claim either way.
- Background
Guterres's visit is the first by a UN Secretary-General since 2009
dw.com· UN Secretary-General visit to Syria - Background
Guterres's visit is the first by a UN Secretary-General to Damascus since 2009
middleeastmonitor.com· Guterres to visit Damascus
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