January 2014

Syria's warring sides are expected to wrap up their first peace talks on Friday without concrete progress on ending the violence, a political transition or ensuring humanitarian aid for millions in need. The Syrian regime and the…

The United States accused the Syrian regime Thursday of dragging its feet over its chemical weapons stockpile and urged Damascus to immediately hand over the cache as promised for destruction. Top US officials voiced concern that a…

The first round of talks between representatives of the Syrian government and the opposition is coming to an end in Geneva. The Voice of Russia was informed that immediately after this, this weekend, a delegation of the National…

Damascus province : 5 regular soldiers and NDF were killed today by attacking them by ISIS in Al-Qadam neighborhood .

Reef Dimashq : Helicopters dropped explosive barrels on Darya, what led to death of 11 civilians ( including 3 children and 2 women ) and caused injuries .1 Islamic fighter from the town of Aqraba was killed by clashes against…

Syria has promised to give up its entire stockpile by mid-2014, under a deal agreed by Russia and the U.S., but the country has given up less than 5 percent of its chemical weapons arsenal, Fox News confirmed. According to Reuters, the…

International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said on Wednesday that “ice is breaking” over Syria peace talks in Geneva, although he does not expect to achieve “anything substantive” in the first round of the talks. “To be blunt, I do not expect…

Aleppo province : Violent clashes took place last night between regime forces and Islamic battalion fighters i the mount of Ma'arah AL-Artiq, accompanied by regime's bombardment on areas in the town. Suicide car exploded…

(Reuters) - The Turkish armed forces attacked a convoy of al Qaeda-linked rebel vehicles in Syria in retaliation for cross-border fire on Tuesday, destroying three vehicles, Turkish media said on Wednesday. Turkish troops opened fire…

The Syrian regime has agreed to dismantle its arsenal of chemical agents but may now have the ability to produce biological weapons, the U.S. intelligence chief warned senators Wednesday. “We judge that some elements of Syria’s biological…