Syria's government agreed on Monday to allow aid into several besieged areas including the starvation-struck town of Madaya, the UN said, in an apparent goodwill gesture ahead of peace talks. "The government has in principle approved convoys... to Madaya and simultaneously to Kafraya and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime troops and allied fighters captured two villages in the northern countryside of Aleppo on Monday, putting a key supply route used by opposition forces into firing range, according to Reuters. Rebels said the offensive was being conducted with massive Russian air...

The Syrian government must within a few days state its readiness to implement goodwill measures on the ground, an opposition official said on Monday, accusing the U.N. peace envoy of overstepping the mark by declaring the start of peace talks. "The Syrian regime must state directly, frankly...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Five rebel groups in central provinces of Homs and Hama have formed joint operations room to fight regime troops who wage major attack on the southern countryside of Hama, activists said on Monday.   For over a month, regime forces backed by Russian jets have been...