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Russia says it opposes UN resolution on Syrian barrel bombs

Russia said Wednesday it opposes a draft U.N. resolution on Syria's use of barrel bombs which is being promoted by France, Britain and Spain because it could jeopardize upcoming international talks on how to restore peace to the conflict-wracked country. Britain's U.N. Ambassador Matthew...

Six MSF-supported hospitals targeted in Syria air strikes: MSF

A "significant increase" of air strikes on Syrian hospitals recently has killed at least 35 patients and medical staff and wounded 72, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Thursday. The escalation of attacks by air forces the group did not identify, which began in late September, had targeted 12...

Syria opposition not invited to Vienna talks, member says

Syria's main political opposition body did not get an invitation to international talks on the country's four-year-old civil war that will take place in Vienna Friday, one of its members said. "That didn't happen," George Sabra told Reuters Thursday when he was asked about whether the Syrian...