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This picture taken on February 3, 2020 shows smoke plumes billowing in the Syrian village of al-Nayrab, about 14 kilometres southeast of the city of Idlib in the northwestern Idlib province, during bombardment by Syrian government forces and its allies. Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP

February 4th, 2020 - 07:12 GMT

Idlib Attack Kills 3 Turkish Soldiers, 3 Civilians

U.K. Foreign Office minister Andrew Morrison on Monday denounced an attack on Syria’s Idlib province by forces of the Bashar al-Assad regime in which five Turkish soldiers and three civilians were martyred. “I condemn the Assad regime’s attacks in Idlib today and the unacceptable loss of life of Syrian civilians and Turkish soldiers,” Morrison said on Twitter. He called on the Assad regime and its backer Russia “to adhere to ...

Russia's representatives to Tuesday's preparatory meetings for proposed Syria peace talks accused Syrian opposition figures of opposing "the Geneva communique" (AFP)

November 5th, 2013 - 03:33 GMT

Russia: no Syria peace talks in November

Someone smoking a marijuana joint.

November 5th, 2013 - 10:36 GMT

Push for legalizing pot in Lebanon growing like a weed

United Nations-Arab League special envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi speaks on September 13, 2013 during a press conference at the UN headquarters in Geneva. [asswat]

November 5th, 2013 - 09:50 GMT

Diplomats stress for Syria salvage efforts at Geneva II

Islamic Revolutionary Guards [frontpagemag.com]

November 5th, 2013 - 04:00 GMT

Iran Revolutionary Guards Commander killed in Syria

Fierce clashes raged across the suburbs of Damascus as a mortar shell hit the capital's ancient citadel. In this picture, released by SANA, a man inspects a damaged car close to a textile plant which was hit by a mortar shell in an attack on the al-Dweila neighbourhood of southeast Damascus on November 3, 2013.(AFP/SANA)

November 4th, 2013 - 06:40 GMT

Mortar shell hits Damascus citadel as rebels, regime troops clash across the capital

Syrian opposition Coalition president Ahmad al-Jarba said that the opposition would not enter the talks "unless it is with dignity, and unless there is a successful transfer of power with a specific time frame, and without the occupier Iran at the negotiating table" (Courtesy of Francois Mori/AP)

November 4th, 2013 - 05:53 GMT

No Geneva for Syrian opposition with Iran at the table, no Assad exit plan

Lakhdar Brahimi is an Algerian United Nations envoy and adviser, and since August 2012. [guim.co]

November 3rd, 2013 - 07:12 GMT

Syria criticizes Brahimi: "One-eyed and many-tongued"

UN-Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi attends a press conference in the Syrian capital Damascus on November 1, 2013 prior to his visit to Lebanon. [/AFP/Getty Images]

November 1st, 2013 - 11:18 GMT

Syria envoy Brahimi says no peace talks without opposition

ISIL's Abu Abdulrahman told reporters that Al-Qaeda recruits must first prove they are "a good Muslim" and "not a spy" before they are allowed to enter the Turkish safe houses (Courtesy of World Crunch)

October 31st, 2013 - 08:30 GMT

Foreign jihadists target Free Syrian Army via Turkish safe houses

Two injured men are transported on a fruit barrow in the Syria, following a shelling. (Image credit: AFP)

October 31st, 2013 - 04:52 GMT

Six killed as Syrian army shells Damascus

A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on October 21, 2013, shows Syrian President Bashar al-Assad giving an interview. (Image credit: AFP)

October 30th, 2013 - 05:22 GMT

Assad: Peace linked to "stopping aid to terrorists"

UN envoy Brahimi had previously met with President Bashar Assad in 2012 (Reuters)

October 30th, 2013 - 08:44 GMT

Brahimi to meet with Syrian President Assad