Airstrikes, shelling kill at least 60 in Syria’s Aleppo city
By SARAH EL DEEB A wave of airstrikes and shelling killed more than 60 people in less than 24 hours in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, monitors and activists…
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Syrian official rules out Assad departure ahead of talks
By ZEINA KARAM and ALBERT AJI A top Syrian official urged the opposition to let go of its dream of easing President Bashar Assad out of power in a transitional…
Syrian forces enter IS-held Palmyra; intense clashes with IS
By ALBERT AJI and SINAN SALAHEDDIN Backed by Russian airstrikes, Syrian government forces on Thursday pushed into the ancient town of Palmyra that has been held by the Islamic State…
The Latest: Erdogan says Syrian cease-fire works ‘partially’
The Latest on the conflict in Syria as a fragile cease-fire enters its second day (all times local): 4:30 p.m. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says a cease-fire aiming to…
US, Russia agree on plan for Syria cease-fire
By MAEVA BAMBUCK and BRADLEY KLAPPER U.S. officials said Monday that the United States and Russia have agreed on a plan for a cease-fire in Syria starting Saturday that would…
Analysis: Echoes of 1991 Gulf War linger on in Mideast
By JON GAMBRELL The 1991 Gulf War saw only 100 hours of ground fighting as U.S. forces entered Kuwait to end the Iraqi occupation but echoes of that conflict have…
Russia denies striking charity’s hospital in Syria
By BASSEM MROUE and LYNN BERRY Russia on Tuesday denied its warplanes carried out strikes on a Syrian hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders that killed at least nine people,…
Airstrikes in northern Syria hit 2 hospitals, school
Airstrikes hit two hospitals and a school in northern Syria, killing and wounding dozens of people on Monday, according to opposition activists, who said the strikes were carried out by…