U.N. Security Council in rare agreement on Syria condemnation

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Thursday reached a rare agreement on Syria, an issue that has divided it for two years, calling for an end to the escalating violence and condemning human rights violations by Syrian government forces and rebels.

"The escalating violence is completely unacceptable and must end immediately," the council said in a non-binding statement it referred to as "Press Elements on Syria."