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UK suicide bomber in Syria named as Abdul Waheed Majid

A British man thought to have carried out a suicide bombing in Syria last week was Abdul Waheed Majid, the BBC has learned. The 41-year-old, from Crawley in West Sussex, is believed to have carried out a suicide truck bombing in the city of Aleppo last Thursday. Officials have not...

Syria "failure" looms, mediator seeks U.S., Russian help

 Warning that "failure" was staring him in the face, the Syria peace talks mediator said on Thursday that the United States and Russia had promised renewed support to keep their rival Syrian allies talking. U.N. diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi met senior diplomats from Washington and...

Earthquake hits Syrian-Turkish border Friday

An earthquake measuring 4.7 on Richter scale hit the Syrian-Turkish border at dawn on Friday and lasted for several seconds, according to the International Centers for Seismology. The center of the quake was 68 km SE of Adana, 22 km SW of Dörtyol . It occurred at a depth...