The UN Special Envoy for Syria on Monday warned that civilians there are facing the "terrifying" prospect of a potential wider escalation given the uptick in violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Geir Pedersen (right, on screen), Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, and Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, brief UN Security Council members on the situation in the country. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe