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)- Syrian rebels fought back against an offensive by regime forces near a supply route into the city of Aleppo on Monday and said there had been no letup in Russian air strikes, despite a promise of goodwill moves by Damascus to spur peace talks, Reuters said. U.N. envoy...