Staffan De Mistura

Syria suicide car bombing: Perpetrators were 'disguised' as aid workers, reveals UN

The perpetrators of a bombing in Syria last weekend that killed more than 120 people had disguised themselves as aid workers and may have specifically targeted children, the UN said on Thursday.

Syrian family, pupils among dozens killed in Aleppo attacks

Hundreds of people have been killed since Tuesday in a concerted push by the government and its allies to quash resistance in the rebel-held eastern part of Aleppo to reestablish control over Syria's biggest pre-war city

Syria: Russia announces 'humanitarian pause' amid firing in Aleppo

A "humanitarian pause" announced by Russia went into effect on Thursday in the Syrian Army's devastating Moscow-backed assault on rebel-held areas of Aleppo to allow civilians and fighters who want to to leave.

UN Syria envoy makes impassioned appeal to Al-Qaida to leave Aleppo

"In maximum two months, two and half months the city of eastern Aleppo may be totally destroyed", Staffan de Mistura told reporters in Geneva.

Syrian regime lauches new attack on rebel-held Allepo, US-Russia peace plan flounders

A defiant Syrian regime launched a new assault on rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Thursday as the United States and Russia failed to revive a floundering peace plan.

Aid convoy to Syria attacked as ceasefire folds, UN warns of war crime

A convoy delivering aid to Syrians in Aleppo province was hit by a deadly air strike hours after the Syrian military declared an end to a week-long ceasefire, with an outraged UN warning it could amount to a war crime.

Syria: John Kerry to meet his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov for peace talks on Friday

US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Geneva for a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov to discuss the situation in war-ravaged Syria

Syria: Assad government offering amnesty to armed rebels in exchange for surrender

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday offered an amnesty to armed rebels battling his forces if they surrender, the official SANA news agency reported

UN chief Ban Ki-moon says time running out for Syria talks

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says while the time is not yet right for new peace talks in Syria, failing to get a serious agreement soon will make a further escalation all too likely.

Aleppo violence: UN to hold urgent meeting to address crisis in Syria's battleground

The UN Security Council will hold an urgent meeting on Wednesday to discuss the crisis in Syria's frontline city of Aleppo, where fighting threatens to unravel international peace efforts.