Merkel and Hollande pressure U.N. Security Council on Syria

Merkel and Hollande pressure U.N. Security Council on Syria: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande pushed Thursday for a United Nations Security Council decision regarding the humanitarian situation in conflict-torn Syria. “We are going to insist that the Security Council takes the necessary decisions and that the international dialogue advances, especially concerning the humanitarian situation,” Merkel said at a press conference during a Berlin summit with the French leader. “We are acting together with the Europeans, with all those who consider that Bashar al-Assad cannot stay at the