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Syria peace conference likely in January, say envoys

A meeting of UN, US and Russian envoys on Monday is expected to agree that a Syria peace conference should be held in January, diplomats said. UN leader Ban Ki-moon is to announce the date shortly after the meeting in Geneva, the envoys said. The conference on the worsening...

Denmark: 80 Danes have joined Syria fight

    Denmark’s security service said Sunday it suspects around 80 people have travelled from Denmark to Syria to join the civil war since mid-2012.   In a report, the service known as PET said those who travel to Syria are mainly Sunni Muslim men...

Syria conflict: Children 'targeted by snipers'

More than 11,000 children have died in Syria's civil war in nearly three years, including hundreds targeted by snipers, a new report says. Summary executions and torture have also been used against children as young as one, the London-based Oxford Research Group think tank says. The...