International Syria mediator Lakhdar Brahimi to step down May 31
SYRIA-CRISIS/BRAHIMI (URGENT):International Syria mediator Lakhdar Brahimi to step down May 31
Saudi foreign minister says has invited Iran's Zarif to visit
SAUDI-IRAN/ (UPDATE 3):UPDATE 3-Saudi foreign minister says has invited Iran's Zarif to visit
A girl holds containers of water in Bustan al-Basha district in Aleppo
A girl drags containers of water in Bustan al-Basha district in Aleppo May 13, 2014. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hebbo (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
A Free Syrian Army fighter runs to avoid snipers in Aleppo
A Free Syrian Army fighter runs to avoid snipers in Aleppo May 13, 2014. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hebbo (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Free Syrian Army fighters talk as they sit together in Aleppo
Free Syrian Army fighters talk as they sit together in Aleppo May 13, 2014. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hebbo (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
A man walks along a damaged street filled with debris in Bustan al-Basha district in Aleppo
A man walks along a damaged street filled with debris in Bustan al-Basha district in Aleppo May 13, 2014. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hebbo (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
A boy walks as he holds containers of water along a damaged street in Aleppo
A boy walks as he holds containers of water along a damaged street in Aleppo May 13, 2014. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hebbo (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Danish Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard speaks to media in front of containers containing precursor agents to the nerve gas sarin onboard the Ark Futura, a Danish cargo ship docked in international waters in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea
Danish Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard speaks to media in front of containers containing precursor agents to the nerve gas sarin onboard the Ark Futura, a Danish cargo ship docked in international waters in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea May 13, 2014. Journalists were given access for the first time to the vessel on Tuesday, which is sailing in international waters south-east of Cyprus awaiting the pick-up of more chemicals from Latakia under an international accord to destroy Damascus' chemical stockpile. Denmark, providing one of two container vessels taking delivery of Syrian chemical weapons for destruction, urged Damascus on Tuesday to expedite the process and said it could not wait beyond a June 30 deadline. REUTERS/Staff (MEDITERRANEAN SEA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST MILITARY)
Moscow criticises US sanctions on Russian bank over Syria
SYRIA-CRISIS/RUSSIA-TEMPBANK:Moscow criticises US sanctions on Russian bank over Syria
A Syrian girl draws water from a barrel in a refugee camp in the east Lebanese town of Anjar near the Syrian border
A Syrian girl draws water from a barrel in a refugee camp in the east Lebanese town of Anjar near the Syrian border May 13, 2014. REUTERS/Caren Firouz (Lebanon - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT SOCIETY)