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With UN envoy in Damascus, IS takes Syrian town from rebels

DAMASCUS, Syria – The UN special envoy on Monday urged Syria’s warring sides to preserve the fragile U.S.-Russia-brokered cease-fire ahead of the next round of peace talks in Geneva this wee...

Retaking Syria’s Palmyra reveals more shattered antiquities

DAMASCUS, Syria – The recapture of Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra from the Islamic State group has brought new revelations of the destruction wreaked by the extremists, who decapitated pric...

Syrian government to send delegation to Geneva talks

DAMASCUS, Syria – The Syrian government will send a delegation to Geneva to take part in UN-sponsored indirect peace talks with the opposition but has rejected the UN envoy’s call for presid...

Suffering magnified by snow

Snowstorm Alexa bears down hard on Syrians

Al-Qaida gunmen seize town

DAMASCUS, Syria – Al-Qaida militants in northern Syria captured a town near the Turkish border Thursday following heavy clashes with Western-backed rebels, prompting the closure of a nearby ...

Russia rejects use of force in Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria – Russia insisted Tuesday that a U.N. Security Council resolution governing Syria’s handling of its chemical weapons not allow the use of force, but it suggested that could c...