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Letter from Douma: 'Our children are being killed'

(Al Jazeera)-  In Syria, the besieged town of Douma, 10km northeast of Damascus, has been under intense regime and Russian shelling for the past few weeks. One resident, Osama Nasser, describes what it is like to live there: It usually begins in the morning, at around 8am, and lasts all...

Gen. John Allen throws cold water on Syria no-fly zone

Washington (CNN)The U.S. official spearheading the fight against ISIS threw cold water on the idea of a no-fly zone in Syria Thursday, despite several presidential candidates advocating for the move. Speaking with CNN's Elise Labott on his last day in office, Gen. John Allen, presidential envoy...

Regime army seizes rebel-held Al Hader town in Aleppo province

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime army and allied Shiite forces on Thursday captured the strategic town of Al Hader in southern Aleppo province, in the latest advance in what is a strategic rebel-held area, Syrian state television said quoting a military source. The rebels fled the...

Syria talks to decide who to craft war-torn country's future

Talks on the Syrian conflict in Vienna this weekend will focus on deciding which opposition groups should negotiate with President Bashar Assad's government and which should be designated as terrorists, sources said Wednesday. The discussions will bring together around 20 countries and...