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One million people wounded, diseases spreading in Syria: WHO

(Reuters) - One million people have been wounded during Syria 's civil war and diseases are spreading as regular supplies of medicine fail to reach patients, the World Health Organization's Syria representative said. A plunge in vaccination rates from 90 percent before the war to...

Iran 'transformed' Syrian army into militia: analysis

The Syrian conflict will enter its fourth year in March 2015, but continuous Iranian support for the government of president Bashar al-Assad will ensure that his forces will carry on fighting for at least another year, according to observers. Those forces, however, no longer resemble a...

US general says 3-year minimum needed for anti-ISIL fight

It will take at least three years for the U.S.-led coalition to reach a turning point against ISIL militants in Iraq and Syria, the general in charge of the combined task force said Thursday. Lt. Gen. James Terry, the commander of the Combined Joint Task Force – Operation...