Spotlight: Chances slim for any breakthrough in Damascus' Eastern Ghouta humanitarian pause

Syrian ambulances wait at a designated point to evacuate ill civilians from the capital Damascus' Eastern Ghouta, Syria, on March 1, 2018. The Russia-proposed humanitarian pause in the capital Damascus' Eastern Ghouta and the 30-day-long cessation of hostilities adopted by the UN Security Council recently have made no breakthrough in terms of completely ending the violence. (Xinhua/Ammar Safarjalani)