The office of the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has dispatched 33 trucks loaded with core relief items to the Syrians displaced by conflict and trapped in their own territory.

A United Nations team is poised to fly to Syria to investigate allegations that chemical weapons have been used during the bloody civil war, the secretary-general’s office said Wednesday.

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has called upon all parties in Parliament to ensure stability and prevent their political confrontation from spreading into society.