The U.N. envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, pleaded for a truce to halt one of the fiercest air assaults of the seven-year civil war and prevent a “massacre” in the besieged eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of Damascus. At least 403 people have been killed in eastern Ghouta district since Sunday night, according … Continue reading Air strikes hammer Syria’s Ghouta for fifth day, U.N. mulling ceasefire resolution