Aid reaches besieged Syrian town

Main opposition group says will keep 'experts' in Geneva for the truce discussions next week

The UN special envoy for Syria said on Thursday there was "real but modest" progress in the country's humanitarian situation despite a stumbling cease-fire, as one of the largest international aid convoys made it into a government-besieged opposition stronghold.

NATO said an increasingly fragile cease-fire remains the best hope for ending Syria's five-year war, and the main Syrian opposition group said it would keep "experts" in Geneva next week to discuss issues like humanitarian aid even though it has pulled back from indirect peace talks with President Bashar Assad's government.