Lakhdar Brahimi meets Russia's Foreign Minister

The crisis in Syria is going from bad to worse, UN-Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said after talks in Moscow with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. "The situation is bad and getting worse," Brahimi told reporters, lamenting that a truce he had helped broker over the Eid al-Adha holiday had collapsed. Lakhdar Brahimi arrived in Moscow to meet Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov. The meeting follows Syria's failed Eid al-Adha ceasefire which was initially proposed by Brahimi for the four day Islamic holiday. Both rebels and government forces engaged in firefights and air strikes during the proposed ceasefire period. Russia has blamed the rebels for the failure to contain the violence, with Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov charging that "the opposition foiled the ceasefire," making clear its "intent to continue violence."