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Syria key opposition leaders decline talks with Lavrov

Syria's main opposition leaders Thursday turned down an invitation from Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for talks in Moscow. High Negotiations Committee spokesman Riyad Naasan said that HNC coordinator Riyad Hijab had "received a personal invitation" to attend Friday's talks "but...

Facing extremist attack, Syrian rebels join bigger faction

The major Syrian Islamist rebel group Ahrar al-Sham said Thursday that six other rebel factions had merged with it in northwestern Syria, in response to a major assault on these factions by a powerful extremist group. Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, formerly allied with al-Qaeda as the Nusra...