Russia Friday halted the deportation of three Syrian asylum seekers to Damascus in a last-minute reprieve after an outcry from rights groups including Amnesty International, activists said. Officials Thursday had escorted the three men from war-ravaged Aleppo to Moscow's Vnukovo airport and...

 Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday said that the peace process in Syria would be "complicated" but that there were no other ways of ending the conflict, ahead of the scheduled start of a ceasefire. "We understand fully and take into account that this will be a complicated, and maybe...

(Zaman Al Wasl- Nahar Net)- A senior Hezbollah military commander was killed in the ongoing battles in northern Aleppo province, activists and media outlets said Friday. Ali Fayyad, (dubbed: Alaa of Bosnia), has been killed by rebels near newly regime-captured town of Khanasser. Fayyad was...

(BBC)- President Obama has said the coming weeks will be "critical" for Syria's future, ahead of a two-week truce due to start on Friday. He warned Russia that all parties to the cessation of hostilities needed to stop attacks, including air strikes. If successful, he said, the truce could be...