UN vows to push for political solution in Syria

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A Syrian boy collects items amidst the rubble of destroyed buildings on October 3, 2016, following reported air strikes in the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern outskirts of the capital Damascus. Air strikes shook a besieged rebel-held town east of the Syrian capital, sparking fears among civilians of a fate similar to battered Aleppo city. More than a dozen raids and several mortar rounds pounded Douma, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group. / AFP PHOTO / Abd Doumany
A Syrian boy collects items amidst the rubble of destroyed buildings on October 3, 2016, following reported air strikes in the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern outskirts of the capital Damascus.
Air strikes shook a besieged rebel-held town east of the Syrian capital, sparking fears among civilians of a fate similar to battered Aleppo city. More than a dozen raids and several mortar rounds pounded Douma, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group./ AFP PHOTO / 

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The UN Syria envoy voiced deep disappointment Monday at the collapse of US-Russian talks to revive a Syria ceasefire, but vowed to keep working for a political solution.

“The UN will continue to push energetically for a political solution of the Syrian conflict regardless of the very disappointing outcome of intense and long discussions among two crucial international stakeholders,” the office of Staffan de Mistura said in a statement.

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