The BBC's Lina Sinjab has shared this image from Geneva, showing journalists waiting for the arrival of delegations to the Syria peace talks.
Message to the Syrian people by the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura
Judge halts Belgian Syria fighter trial over security concerns
A Belgian judge has adjourned indefinitely a high profile appeal hearing with links to the November 13 Paris attacks because police had not met his demands for more security, Expatica.com reports.
The judge, Pierre Saint-Remy, had suspended the hearing yesterday, calling for increased security measures.
Teen suicide bomber kills 8 in Nigeria
A teenage boy has blown himself up at a market in Gombi town in northeastern Nigeria, killing at least eight people and wounding 25, according to a local Red Cross official, AP reports.
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Mechanic Suspected In Downing Of Russian Passenger Plane Over Egypt
Reuters is reporting that an EgyptAir mechanic whose cousin joined the Islamic State militant group in Syria is suspected of planting a bomb on a Russian passenger plane that was blown out of Egypt's skies in late October.
So far, Egypt has publicly said it has found no evidence that the MetroJet flight, which crashed in the Sinai Peninsula after takeoff from Sharm el-Sheikh airport, killing all 224 people on board, was brought down by terrorism.
A senior security official at the airline denied that any of its employees had been arrested or were under suspicion, and an Interior Ministry official also said there had been no arrests.
But sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on January 29 that the mechanic had been detained, along with two airport policemen and a baggage handler suspected of helping him put the bomb on board.
Based on reporting by Reuters
Dutch to bomb IS targets in Syria
The Dutch government has agreed to extend its role in the U.S.-led coalition against the IS group to include the bombing of targets in Syria, broadcaster RTL reported, according to Reuters.