UN Wants Access to Besieged Areas in Syria
The UN calls for unimpeded humanitarian access to reach those in need in hard-to-reach and besieged areas in Syria, according to a statement issued Thursday. “We are particularly concerned about…
UN Sets Date to Begin Intra-Syrian Peace Talks
The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria has set 25 January 2016 as the target date to begin talks between the parties aimed at ending the five-year-old conflict, it was…
Russia to Offer Solution for Syrian Conflict Settlement
President of Russia Vladimir Putin held a briefing session Friday with the permanent members of the Security Council. According to a statement issued by Kremlin, the participants discussed ways to…
U.S. Military Strikes Target ISIS Terrorists
U.S. and coalition military forces have continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) terrorists in Syria and Iraq, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent…
Syrian Children Facing Harsh Winter Weather
Another harsh winter is looming for more than eight million Syrian children living inside the war-ravaged country or as refugees around the region and beyond. Preliminary weather forecasts indicate that…
Will Military Tension Defuse between Turkey and Russia?
By Rakesh Raman Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Saturday that Turkey and Russia are equally important to each other. This is the first significant attempt by Erdoğan to reach…