UNITED NATIONS: United Nations (UN) chief Ban Ki-moon emphasized the need to find a political solution to the Syrian conflict when he met Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday (Friday in Manila), a UN spokesman said.

Russia, the United States and the United Nations have been attempting to set up a conference aimed at ending the brutal civil war, which has left more than 100,000 dead.

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