The United Nations in Syria appealed on Tuesday for a one-month truce in the conflict to allow aid to reach civilians. In a statement issued in Damascus, the UN said a humanitarian crisis was unfolding in several parts of the country to which it was not being given access. The ...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has decided to send his envoy Staffan de Mistura to a peace conference in Russia next week, a UN spokesman said Saturday, despite an opposition boycott. Guterres “is confident that the congress in Sochi will be an important contribution” to reviving the peace talks held under ...
