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Kerry 'blames opposition' for continued Syria bombing

(Middle East Eye)- US Secretary of State John Kerry told Syrian aid workers, hours after the Geneva peace talks fell apart, that the country should expect another three months of bombing that would “decimate” the opposition. During a conversation on the sidelines of this week’s Syria...

Daraa: regime extends attacks on rebel-held areas

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces have extended aerial and ground bombardment  on rebel-held countryside in southern Daraa province, activists said Saturday, pressing hard to cut supply routes of rebels. Syrian and Russian air strikes on Saturday have hit most of ...

Syria warns foreign troops would return home 'in coffins'

Syrian regime's foreign minister warned Saturday that Saudi or other foreign troops entering his country would "return home in wooden coffins" and asserted that recent military advances put his government "on track" to end the five-year-old civil war. Walid al-Moallem's comments capped a week...

Assad's mother dies aged 86: state media

Syrian regime President Bashar al-Assad's mother, Anisa Makhlouf, has died at the age of 86, state-run media said on Saturday. Makhlouf was married to the late president Hafez al-Assad, who ruled Syria from 1971 until his death in 2000. They married in 1957 and had five children:...