UN Security Council to Discuss Syria Situation

The United Nations Security Council is meeting Thursday afternoon to discuss the situation in Syria’s besieged eastern Ghouta, but no vote has been set yet on a resolution calling for a 30-day humanitarian pause.   Negotiations on a Kuwaiti-Swedish draft text have been difficult, diplomats said.   “There should be an urgent decision,” Swedish Ambassador Olof Skoog told reporters. “I am keen there is a decision. That’s more important than the vote. I hope the vote will be...

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