Syrian civilians trapped in the long-running civil war have had a respite from constant shelling and gunfire after a U.S.-Russia brokered truce went into effect late Monday, coinciding with the first day of the Muslim Eid al-Adha festival.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced on Saturday a landmark agreement on a nationwide cease-fire in Syria, which they hope would lead to their countries' military cooperation to end more than five years of bloodshed there.
Intense battles between extremist rebels and Syrian army continued Friday in the central province of Hama, where the rebels shot down a Syrian aircraft, killing two pilots, according to a monitor group.
Turkey has launched "Euphrates Shield" operation against the Islamic State (IS) in northern Syria early Wednesday with U.S.-led coalition forces, the prime minister' s office said in a statement.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Tuesday that Turkey is ready to provide all kinds of support for military operations against the Islamic State (IS) in the Syrian town of Jarablus, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
A shocked Syrian boy pictured sitting in an ambulance covered in blood and dust after an air strike became a symbol of civilian suffering in Aleppo Thursday, drawing worldwide attention.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday met in St. Petersburg with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a bid to further stabilize bilateral cooperation.
A new batch of civilians and rebels evacuated rebel-held areas in the eastern part of the northern city of Aleppo on Tuesday, state-run al-Ekhabaria TV said.
Syrian helicopters dropped thousands of leaflets over rebel-held areas in the northern city of Aleppo on Wednesday, urging rebels to lay down their weapons and the civilians to cooperate with the Syrian army.
Syrian observers have condemned the frequent targeting of civilians by the U.S.-led anti-terror coalition airstrikes, whose declared goal is striking the Islamic State (IS) group.
The UN Special Envoy for Syria announced Thursday that he will brief the UN Security Council on June 29 after holding consultations in New York and Washington in view of resuming intra-Syrian talks aiming to broker an end to the five-year conflict next month.
A two-pronged advance to capture key urban strongholds of the Islamic State group and its self-styled capital of Raqqa has underlined a quiet convergence of strategy between the US and Russia to defeat the extremists, with Syria's Kurds emerging as the common link.
China's special envoy for the Syrian issue Xie Xiaoyan said here on Monday that Beijing is ready play an even greater role in helping end the Syrian crisis.
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.
The US, UK and France have urged the UN to begin air drops of humanitarian aid to besieged areas in Syria.
The United States strongly condemned the "horrific" attacks launched by the Islamic State (IS) group in two Syrian coastal cities, where at least 74 civilians were killed, the State Department said Monday.
The Islamic State (IS) militant group launched attacks to recapture an ancient city in Syria after losing it to government forces several weeks ago, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
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