The ceasefire needs to be followed by immediate, unhindered humanitarian access to eastern Ghouta and evacuation of sick and injured, de Mistura said in a statement read out by UN spokeswoman Alessandra Vellucci to a Geneva briefing. The three guarantors of the Astana process - Russia, Iran and Turkey - must meet urgently to re-install the de-escalation zones in Syria, he said, speaking hours before a UN Security Council vote on a resolution on a 30-day truce.

Source: bd News24 February 23, 2018 10:18 UTC