France said on Thursday that a three-day nationwide ceasefire announced by the Syrian army was not good enough and it was unrealistic to expect a revival of peace talks without a long-term truce. Syria's military declared the three-day "regime of calm" - a term it uses to denote a temporary...

Turkish fighter jets pounded Kurdish militant targets in rural areas of the southeastern province of Sirnak Thursday, security sources said. Seven targets, including shelters and caves belonging to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), were destroyed in the Cudi mountains and the Guclukonak...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Three children were killed and 8 more were wounded in the first day of Eid al-Fitr in regime air strikes on the northern town of Jisra al-Shughour in Idlib province, activists said. Despite shelling, rebels have agreed to a three-day nationwide ceasefire announced by the...

A Syrian rebel alliance agreed to a three-day nationwide ceasefire announced by the Syrian army on Wednesday and the United States voiced hope a more significant truce could be achieved, though fighting and air attacks continued. The truce was the first to be declared across the whole country...