Thousands of traumatized Syrians left the rebel enclave of Aleppo Monday as the UN voted to deploy observers there and said it planned new peace talks in Geneva in February. "It is the intention of the United Nations to convene those negotiations in Geneva on 8 February 2017," UN envoy...

Several villages held by Islamic State have been captured by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a coalition of militias backed by the United States that includes a strong Kurdish contingent, an organisation that monitors the war said on Monday. The advance is part of a military campaign...

Reporting by Abdul Karim Ayoub (Eqtsad)- Losing gas-rich territory to ISIS favor last week along with the historic city of Palmyra in the eastern countryside of Homs province has made the pro-regime areas unable to carry new economic burdens due to the hike in fuel and gas prices....

The assassination of Russia's envoy to Turkey will likely not harm warming bilateral ties but its impact will be felt more in Syria, according to analysts surveyed by AFP. The Turkish and Russian leaders spoke immediately after the event and Turkey's foreign minister voiced its determination...