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UN Security Council Works to Hammer Out Syria Cease-Fire

United Nations diplomats carried out last-minute negotiations Friday in an effort to avoid a Russian veto and adopt a resolution implementing a 30-day cease-fire across Syria and lift sieges on towns, including in the rebel-held eastern Ghouta district.   U.N. Security Council members were due to vote at 11 a.m. in New York, but delayed until at least 2:30 p.m. as they tried to find consensus.   Russia had expressed objections to the draft on Thursday and diplomats were...


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