02/12/2015

A cease-fire between Syrian rebels and the Assad regime took hold Wednesday in the last neighborhood under opposition control in the contested central city of Homs, activists and residents said. The truce is part of a broader…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Russia of "slander" on Wednesday over Moscow's allegations that Turkey had bought oil from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) jihadists in Syria. "No one has a right to engage…

With all due respect, the fact is we had four dead Americans, Clinton told Sen. At times, Clinton had to turn to her staff to help her remember her own actions. Clinton’s closest rival for the Democratic nomination, Bernie…

Aleppo Province: Warplanes believed Russian carried out several raids on the village of Bardah in the southern countryside of Aleppo. The regime warplanes also struck the town of Anadan in the northern countryside of Aleppo leading to…

Homs Province: Clashes took place between the regime forces and allied militiamen against the rebel and Islamist factions around the town of Taldo in al- Hulah area north of Homs, amid exchange of firing between the two sides. …

Rif Dimashq Province: The regime forces shelled places in Beit Jen farm as well as the towns of Tima and Kafar Hur in the west of Rif Dimashq. A woman killed due to shelling the city of Douma in the Eastern Ghouta. The…

A deal has been reached for thousands of insurgents to leave the last opposition-held neighborhood in the central city of Homs and for state institutions to return to the area, an opposition monitoring group and a Syrian official said…

The Syrian authorities and the armed factions in the neighborhood of al-Waer in the Syrian central city of Homs have reached an agreement under which the rebels will leave the area, an official said on Tuesday. Talal al-Barazi, governor…

    A human rights monitoring group said more than 4,000 people -- including 1,053 civilians -- were killed across Syria in November 2015. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based activist organization…

CUBA Travel restrictions imposed on doctors The Cuban government announced Tuesday that it is re-imposing a hated travel-permit requirement on many doctors, directing them to get permission to leave the country, in an attempt to counter…