UN investigators on Tuesday welcomed a "significant decrease" in Syrian violence on the fifth anniversary of the start of the conflict, saying they finally glimpsed hope of an end to the war, AFP reports.
"Now, for the first time, there is hope of an end in sight," Paulo Pinheiro, head of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria, told reporters in Geneva.
Earlier, in remarks to the UN Human Rights Council, he hailed the partial ceasefire that has largely held since February 27, saying it had finally allowed many in the country to experience "a return to normalcy in their daily lives".