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Russian jets in Syria are there to protect own base: Kerry

The U.S. military has assessed that the type of Russian aircraft in Syria is consistent with "force protection," U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday. "For the moment it is the judgment of our military and experts that the level and type represents basically force protection,"...

Car bomb kills 1 in central Homs

A car bomb exploded Tuesday in the central city of Homs, killing at least one person and wounding 12 others in a neighborhood seen as a home of loyalists of the Bashar Assad. The rigged vehicle exploded among residential buildings in al-Zahra neighborhood, an area dominated by Alawites, the...

Ceasefires extended in besieged Shiite towns

Warring parties have agreed to extend ceasefires in two Shi'ite Muslim towns in northwestern Syria and another settlement near the Lebanese border until a wider deal is reached, Reuters said on Tuesday. Pro-regime militia backed by Shi'ite Hezbollah have been defending the two towns -...