Syria grabbed the spotlight as world leaders at the United Nations on Monday heard a dire warning from international envoy Lakhdar Brahimi that the war is getting worse. The war is also threatening to spill across the Mideast, but he also voiced a note of hope, saying he thinks there may be a way forward despite the deadlock in the U.N. Security Council. Brahimi said he still held out hope for a solution, and told the council that "paradoxically now that I have found out a little more about what is happening in the country and the region.