U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry played down expectations of a new Syrian ceasefire deal with Russia after talks in Geneva aimed at agreeing on how to separate al Qaeda-linked militants from opposition fighters in the besieged city of Aleppo.
Russian jets resumed heavy bombing of rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Tuesday after several days of relative calm, a rebel official and the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said.
Even though the emergency room in al-Razi hospital in the northern city of Aleppo wasn't completely empty after a ceasefire went into effect Monday evening, but the medical team there was somehow relaxed as the night was relatively quiet after the truce.
The Jaish al-Fateh rebel group announced Sunday that their next target is to capture the entire city of Aleppo, a day after they scored some victory against the government forces of President Bashar al-Assad.
The deadliest suicide bombing in Iraq in a decade will further test Iraqis' waning faith in Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and his government, found a Gallup poll Wednesday.
The holy month of Ramadan is a festal season of spirituality and an occasion where family members share the usually delicate Iftar (evening breakfast) meals immediately after sunset. But for many hard-hit Gazans, this Ramadan has the smell of destitution.
The Syrian army on Saturday entered the administrative borders of the northern province of al- Raqqa, the de facto capital of the Islamic State (IS) group, a monitor group reported.
A car bomb went off in the predominantly Kurdish city of Al-Qamishli in northeastern Syria on Saturday, killing at least five people, pro-government Sama TV reported.
A car bomb went off in Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zour on Saturday, leaving unknown losses, pro-government Sham FM radio reported.
Warplanes carried out two airstrikes on a rebel-held city in the countryside of Syria's northwestern province of Idlib on Tuesday, killing 10 people and wounding tens of others, a monitor group reported.
The Pentagon announced on Friday a senior Islamic State (IS) commander in Syria believed to be in line to lead the extremist group had been killed by the United States.
On it's first day, the long-hoped- for truce in Syria was a kind-of blessing for those who live in Damascus, and a heartbreak for those in Aleppo city.
The Islamic State (IS) militant group has claimed responsibility for the deadly bombings, which rocked the central province of Homs and the capital Damascus on Sunday, killing over 107 people.
More than 50 Islamic State (IS) militants have been killed over the past 24 hours during intense battles against the Syrian government forces in the countryside of the northern province of Aleppo, a monitor group reported on Sunday.
Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem said on Tuesday that his government is committed to an inter-Syrian dialogue without preconditions, state news agency SANA reported.
The explosions are believed to be airstrikes targeting areas in al-Raqqa and its countryside, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The Islamic State (IS) group confirmed Tuesday the killing of its notorious executioner, known as Jihadi John, in a drone strike in northern Syria last year.
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