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Activists: Syrian regime army kills 17 rebels in Daraa

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian activists say regime forces set off explosives planted at a farm where Islamic rebel factions were gathering, killing 17fighters, AP reported. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the explosion took place late Saturday in the village of Kfar Shams...

Syria rebel group will survive leader’s death

(The National- Hassan Hassan)- Zahran Alloush, the former leader of Jaish Al Islam who was killed by Russian air strikes on Friday evening near Damascus, was more widely mourned than any other opposition figure since the start of the Syrian conflict. He has also been condemned for having made...

UN Syria mediator aims to convene peace talks on Jan. 25

 The United Nations said Saturday it aims to bring together Syria's warring parties on Jan. 25 in Geneva to begin talks to try to end nearly five years of civil war. U.N. Syria mediator Staffan de Mistura plans to convene representatives of the Syrian government and "the broadest possible...