Syria bloodshed
Chemical weapons watchdog chief says Aleppo gas attack disturbing
The UN Security Council is due to discuss a report by the United Nations and the watchdog group.
Syrian state television showed scores of mostly women gathered in a government-controlled area of the city.
It is reported 12 Syrian school children were killed by suspected Russian warplane bombs.
Syrian jets killed at least 34 people in air strikes on the town of Jisr al-Shughour.
The US said in September it had informed the Syrian ambassador to the UN before the first strikes.
An election affirmed his grip on power more than three years into Syria’s civil war.
President Bashar al-Assad has secured a landslide victory of 88.7 percent of votes cast in the election.
State television showed thousands of people queuing to vote, as well as crowds waving Syrian flags.
Pictures sent by activists showed burnt cars, charred corpses and body parts in the area.
More than nine million Syrians are in need of humanitarian assistance.
Officials said the election was a sign Assad was unwilling to seek a political solution to the conflict.
President Bashar al-Assad says that Syria’s three-year conflict is at 'turning point'.
The UN's human right chief said violations by Syrian forces far outweighed those by the opposition.
The resolution called for the immediate lifting of sieges in specific towns and cities.
Powerful Islamist groups have denounced the opposition team, made up mainly of political exiles, as traitors.
The evacuees, mainly women, children and old men, were brought out by the UN and Syrian Red Crescent.
The Deputy Foreign Minister has confirmed a government delegation will attend the talks.
The US accused Damascus of dragging its feet and asked Russia to pressure Assad’s government.
Assad’s government has managed to ship out less than 5 percent of its chemical weapons to date.