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Regime airstrikes kill woman and child in Douma

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A woman and child were killed on Tuesday when regime warplanes pounded the city of Douma, northeastern the capital, local activists said. The regime forces stepped up its aerial and ground bombardment on the eastern suburbs of Damascus despite the beginning of fifth round...

Fifth round of Syria talks begins in Kazakhstan's Astana

A fifth round of talks on ending the six-year Syrian conflict began in Kazakhstan on Tuesday amid key rebel groups boycott, focused on shoring up a plan for safe zones in the war-torn country. "All the delegations that plan to participate in this important stage of the talks have arrived,"...

Syrian wheat crop to fall far short of forecast

The Syrian government has vastly overestimated the size of the country’s wheat crop, officials, traders and farmers told Reuters, indicating that a population that has endured unrelenting war could struggle to feed itself this year. A large part of Syria’s agricultural heartland in the...

The stench of death rises over Mosul's Old City

Devastated buildings, piles of rubble and putrid corpses of extremists: apocalyptic scenes unfold in the Old City of Mosul where Iraqi forces are battling the last ISIS group fighters. Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed al-Tamim walks past the body of an extremist half buried under the ruins of a...