BEIRUT, Lebanon – The UN Security Council backs a push for Syrian peace talks Tuesday in a rare show of unity after widespread condemnation of regime air strikes that killed nearly 100 people.
Analysts say the vote was a sign of new resolve to address Syria’s conflict, particularly as the threat of the Islamic State group grows, but caution that it was only a first step and vast differences between the two sides remained.
The Security Council statement, the first of its kind in two years, urges a political transition and backs a plan to create working groups to discuss ending the war that has killed over 250,000 since 2011.
It is approved hours after UN officials, including the organization’s peace envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura, expressed horror at regime air strikes that killed nearly 100 people in a rebel-held town near Damascus.
— AFP
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