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Syrian opposition says not going to Geneva talks Friday

The Syrian opposition will not attend peace talks in Geneva Friday, a senior member said. U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura had been planning to launch indirect peace talks in Geneva Friday. "For certain we will not head to Geneva and there will not be a delegation from the High Negotiations...

Syrian Kurds plan big attack to seal Turkish border: source

The powerful Syrian Kurdish YPG militia and its local allies have drawn up plans for a major attack to seize the final stretch of the Syrian-Turkish border held by ISIS fighters, a YPG source familiar with the plan said Thursday. Such an offensive could deprive ISIS fighters of a logistical...

UK to accept extra children from Syria

Britain is to offer refuge to unaccompanied children from Syria and other conflict zones, the government announced Thursday. Immigration Minister James Brokenshire said his department would fund programs to identify children in camps on Syria’s borders as well as those already in Europe with...

Russia proposes international meeting on Syria on Feb 11

Russia said Thursday it wanted to hold an international meeting on Syria -- including key players from the West and the Middle East -- in Munich next month. "There is an agreement in principle between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Secretary of State John Kerry, and now we will...