The Syrian government has agreed to suspend airstrikes and artillery shelling on Aleppo for six weeks to see if a ceasefire is workable in the city, according to the United Nations envoy to Syria. Staffan de Mistura was briefing the Security Council in closed session on his latest efforts to find a solution to the … Continue reading A glimmer of hope’ for the people of Syria: Assad’s government agrees to six-week ceasefire in Aleppo after clashes kill 150 fighters in just 24 hours