UN envoy warns of escalation in and beyond Syria

Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia (front) listens to Vladimir Safronkov (L, 2nd row), Russian deputy ambassador to UN, during the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria at the UN headquarters in New York, April 9, 2018. The Security Council held an emergency session on the situation in Syria, particularly after reports of the use of chemical weapons over the weekend in rebel-held Douma near the capital city of Damascus. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)