The UN and Arab League's special envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan, is meeting President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday to press for an immediate ceasefire in the conflict.<br /><br />The talks in Damascus come a day after government forces are said to have killed more than 70 people across Syria, mainly in Homs and the northern province of Idlib.<br /><br />Annan told a news conference in Cairo on Thursday: <br />...<br />http://www.euronews.net/