UN vote expected on 30-day cease-fire in Syria to help civilians

Sweden and Kuwait called for a vote on a UN resolution ordering a 30-day cease-fire throughout Syria to enable delivery of humanitarian aid to millions of people in acute need, and the evacuation of the critically sick and wounded.

But the Security Council resolution would exempt attacks directed at extremists from the Islamic State group, al Qaida and the Nusra Front - targets the Syrian government and its Russian allies say they are pursuing.