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Syria gives initiative to settle Aleppo war deadlock

Fri Jan 17, 2014 15:35:52

Syria has given Russia a plan for a ceasefire in the northwestern city of Aleppo, one of the main parts of the Arab country most suffered by militants’ occupation.

Syria army kills dozens of Takfiri terrorists, Saudi bombers

Fri Jan 17, 2014 09:19:28

The Syrian troops have killed dozens of Takfiri terrorists across the Arab country as the army continues to carry out operations against foreign-sponsored militant groups.

In picture: Syrians celebrate Prophet Mohammad birthday

Fri Jan 17, 2014 08:01:58

Despite ongoing war in Syria, people in in the Syrian Capital, Damascus are celebrating the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).

Al-Nusra claims blame for Hermel terror attack

Thu Jan 16, 2014 23:00:07

The al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front has issued an online statement claiming responsibility for the terrorist car bombing in Lebanon’s northeastern town of Hermel.

Syria militants behead man for ‘deserting prayers’

Thu Jan 16, 2014 20:32:13

Armed insurgents in Syria have cut off the head of a Syrian citizen under the pretext that he does not perform his daily prayers.

Reported attacks on Syrian chemicals worries OPCW

Thu Jan 16, 2014 18:49:09

The head of the world's chemical weapons watchdog agency has voiced concerns about reports by the Syrian government of attacks on two of its chemical facilities.

Iran rules out preconditions for Geneva-2 role

Thu Jan 16, 2014 16:30:36

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has rejected as “unacceptable” any preconditions for Tehran’s participation in the upcoming Geneva II Conference on the Syrian crisis.

Mass executions by Syrian militants a war crime: UN

Thu Jan 16, 2014 13:23:11

The U.N. human rights office says that a "soaring" number of executions in northern Syria could amount to war crimes.

Lavrov: No secret project over Geneva II conference

Thu Jan 16, 2014 12:54:52

Russia is not hatching any secret project with Syria and Iran ahead of the peace conference in Switzerland next week, Russian Foreign Minister assured.

MIT report challenges US claims over Syria arms

Thu Jan 16, 2014 09:56:01

A new Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) report is challenging the US claim that Assad forces used chemical weapons in an attack last August, highlighting that the range of the improvised rocket was way too short to have been launched from government controlled areas.

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