Colum Lynch

Last month, the Arab League sent a team of observers to Syria, where the government has been cracking down on protesters. Colum Lynch, who writes the Turtle Bay blog for Foreign Policy and reports on the United Nations for the Washington Post, explains what internal Arab League memos reveal about the mission in Syria. Plus, a look at why Russia opposed the United Nations Security Council measure to condemn the Syrian government during a meeting on Tuesday.

President Obama may be making all the headlines, but there are plenty of other important speeches taking place at the UN this week. Colum Lynch of The Washington Post and Chidanand Rajghatta, foreign editor and U.S correspondent for the Times of India round up what the rest of the world ...