Syria
Demonstrators stand in rows during protest against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Hasakah Reuters

As the tide may have finally turned against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, the United Nations Security Council unanimously passed a resolution to extend by thirty more days the presence of a 300-strong U.N. observer force in Syria.

Interestingly, prior to the drafting of the resolution, the Russian ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, said he would veto it.