Syria is experiencing a wave of violence not seen since 2020, a UN commission of inquiry said in a report released in Geneva on Monday, stressing that a ceasefire was urgently needed. “Since October, Syria has seen the largest escalation in fighting in four years. With the region in turmoil, a determined international effort to contain the fighting on Syrian soil is imperative,” commission chair Paulo Pinheiro said. “Syria, too, desperately needs a ceasefire,” Pinheiro added against the backdrop of attempts to arrange a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Protests erupted in Syria in 2011 against the…