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briefing the security council on the current situation there and his update was a grim one staffan de mistura said the violence is the worst he's seen i've been out for years special envoy this as violent and worrying and dangerous a moment as any that i've seen in my time of year for far therefore i strongly rate to rate the appeal of this a great general to all concerned in syria and the region and beyond to discuss late immediately and unconditionally and urge all stakeholders including the. us to use their influence to help reduce violence that here james bays is following developments for us at the u.n. headquarters in new york so james we're perhaps used by now sadly very strong language at the u.n. over syria in what way will this make any difference this time. well it's certainly painting a picture of where we are right now in the conflict the security council meeting still underway pretty grim meeting pretty tense meeting being addressed now by syria's ambassador to the united nations the assad regime's ambassador but clearly the backdrop to this has been increased military tension i

this bloody conflict the diplomatic efforts are in a deadlock actually and the main thing for staffan de mistura i think for. the united nations broker or for in the peaceful negotiations ins is to revive the or try to revive the direct negotiations direct contact between the main opposition leaders and the main opposition representatives and the represents this all the legal a government of bashar a lawsuit in the mosque that that's the main point and that's the task for future in the weeks ahead what turkey's view when it comes to peace talks we touched a little essay on about how all the players obviously want to have their bitch out of this as well to make sure that they've got some sort of presence when the war is finally wrapped up. what's it going to be where did they position assad in this for example. well first i have to say to the friend from mosco that the suci conference was a big scandal if you will because it was one day conference to discuss the situation that can city ocean in syria that is a country completely devastated by war and you invite the opposition the main bulk of the

violence in the water on country is the worst he's seen since taking the job four years ago staffan de mistura briefing at the security council prompted more finger pointing between the u.s. and russia who accuse each other blocking paths to peace from the un our diplomatic editor james bays reports. the deteriorating military situation dominated a security council meeting that was both grim i've been now for years special envoy this as violent and worrying and dangerous a moment as any that i've seen in my time he mentioned all the nations now fighting in syria the turkish operation around and the assad government has continued bombardment of an eastern ghouta civilians are being killed on a horrific scale and reports suggest more than one thousand civilians in the first week of february alone he went on to describe developments in recent days the u.s. attack on assad forces near dera zoar and israeli air strikes in syria including on iranian targets but both these operations were later defended by the us ambassador to the united states will always reserve the right to act in self-defense the

uned nations special envoy to syria, staffan de mistura, warned civilians have been wednesday killed on a horrific scale with more than 1000 killed in the first week of february alone. been special envoy for four years. this is as violent and worrying and dangerous moment as any that have seeeen in my time of tenene so far. amy: on wednesday, video circulated on social media showed an aid convoy arriving in the besieged rebel-held damascus suburb of eastern ghouta. the nine trucks were the first to arrive in the area since late november of last year. they held food and supplies for an estimated 7000 people in an area where 400,000 civilians remain trapped by fighting. the latest violence in syria came as the british charity save the children warned in a new report at t least 357 million children -- or one in six worldwide -- are living in conflict zones. campaigner kitty arie says that number is up by 75% from the early 1990's. >> what we're dealing with our -- on amy: in libya, at least 23 people were killed wednesday after a truck carrying an estimated 300 migrants overturned and c

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the security council on the current situation in the country and his update was a grim one staffan de mistura said the violence is the worst he's seen i've been out for years especially in boy this as violent and worrying in danger of a moment as any. inmate time of day in your full far therefore i rate the rate the appeal of the general to all concerned in syria and the region and beyond that difficult lead immediately and unconditionally and urge all of the calders including the earth and i go around to use their influence to help reduce violence. diplomatic editor james bays is following developments for us at un headquarters in new york. this was a security council meeting that was supposed to talk about the political process but was dominated by the grim military situation the ongoing onslaught of east and load where the special envoy said that civilians were being killed in a horrifying way in fact he said over a thousand in the first week of february alone of course we have the turkish offensive around our freend we have recent developments like the u.s. airstrike on assad troops near

violence in the water on country is the worst he's seen since taking the job four years ago staffan de mistura briefing at the security council prompted more finger pointing between the u.s. and russia who accuse each other of blocking paths to peace from the u.n. in new york is our diplomatic editor james bays the deteriorating military situation dominated a security council meeting that was both drench and grim i've been now for years special envoy this is as violent and worrying and dangerous a moment as any that they have seen in my time he mentioned all the nations now fighting in syria the turkish operation around after three and the assad government's continued bombardment of an eastern ghouta. civilians are being killed on a horrific scale and reports suggest more than one thousand civilians in the first week of february alone he went on to describe developments in recent days the u.s. attack on assad forces near dera zoar and israeli air strikes in syria including on iranian targets but both these operations were later defended by the us ambassador in the united states will always res

the un special envoy for syria — staffan de mistura — has warned that ghouta faces an even worse fateo went through something very similar to what we're seeing the moment. it was a sudden escalation, they were shelling from one side to another but very heavy shelling inside aleppo and in between the situation for the civilians, they were suffering. i fear we're going to have, apart from the fact that aleppo had by far more history, but ghouta has got by far more people. we are looking in front of us at an increasing tragedy. bottom line, if we have learned something from aleppo, time to actually avoid all this going on in this type of form of tit—for—tat in an increasingly incremental militarisation of the conflict in ghouta where civilians are suffering. we got that statement a short time ago. bbc arabic‘s mahmoud ali hamad is here. explain to viewers what is the nature of the intensification of this attack? it is clear the russians have made their mind up, they want to repeat this scenario they want to repeat this scenario they inflicted on aleppo one year ago which caused displacem

decides to attack his country lebanon is ready to respond and the united nations envoy to syria staffan de mistura said that the regional into through interference in syria and across syria poses a serious threat to the region asking all the parties to come together negotiate an inclusive political settlement to the crisis in syria and saying that if that doesn't happen i still could go back come back. at the munich security conference thank you hashem andreas krieg is with us in studio good friend of the grid an assistant professor at the defense studies department at king's college london so. i think hashem said saber rattling i said it earlier insecurity it's giving off this feeling of insecurity do you think we're getting any closer to you know a worse situation in the middle east based on what we hear iran and israel say if you look at the title of the conference it was about it to the brink and back i think we're law closer to the brink here actually when you listen to that the specially the saudis the iranians and the israelis i think there's a lot of tension in the middle east and the tens