16 March 2018 – The United Nations mediator for the Syrian conflict said Friday that a brief ceasefire in Douma in Eastern Ghouta is the only piece of good news for the Middle Eastern country, noting increased violence there.
Staffan de Mistura, Special Envoy for Syria, joining the Security Council via videoconference from Brussels, briefed on the implementation of its recent resolution demanding a ceasefire in that country, noting that, while progress has been made in Douma, more remained to be done to ease the humanitarian crisis and find a political solution to the conflict.
