Syria
Lebanese army disperses youths protesting near border town
BEIRUT - Lebanese soldiers fired into the air to disperse a protest on Monday against security measures near a town close to the Syrian border, a security source and the state news agency reported.
Islamic State executed nearly 2,000 people in six months: monitor
BEIRUT - The Islamic State militant group has killed 1,878 people in Syria during the past six months, the majority of them civilians, a British-based Syrian monitoring organization said on Sunday.
Syria ready to discuss Russia peace plan talks, opposition dismissive
BEIRUT/CAIRO - Syria said on Saturday it was willing to participate in "preliminary consultations" in Moscow aimed at restarting talks next year to end its civil war but the Western-backed opposition dismissed the initiative. | Video
Syrian air force kills 45 civilians in stepped-up raids: monitor
AMMAN - At least 45 civilians were killed and some 175 wounded when aircraft bombed a northern Syrian city controlled by Islamic State, as Bashar al-Assad's government stepped up air raids, residents and a monitoring group said on Friday.
Father asks Islamic State to treat captured pilot son as 'guest'
AMMAN - The father of a Jordanian pilot captured by Islamic State fighters after his plane crashed in Syria said he did not consider his son a hostage and called on his captors to treat him as a "guest". | Video
Syria's war enters new year more fragmented than ever
BEIRUT - Deep into its fourth year of conflict, Syria looks less and less like a state than a patchwork of warring fiefdoms, making outside powers more reluctant to intervene even as it becomes more destabilizing for the region.
Islamic State captures Jordanian pilot after warplane crashes in Syria
AMMAN - Islamic State fighters took a Jordanian pilot prisoner after his warplane came down in northeast Syria on Wednesday, the first captive taken from the U.S.-led coalition battling the jihadi group.
Satellite images show 290 heritage sites in Syria damaged by war: U.N.
BEIRUT - Satellite imagery indicate that 290 cultural heritage sites in Syria, whose history stretches back to the dawn of civilization, have been damaged by its ongoing civil war, the United Nations' training and research arm (UNITAR) said on Tuesday.
Exclusive: WHO says Syria approves medicine deliveries to Aleppo, other areas
BEIRUT - The Syrian government has approved the delivery of medicine and surgical supplies to three areas of the country aid workers were previously unable to reach regularly, including opposition-held Aleppo, the World Health Organization said on Monday.
Budget pressure unlikely to deflect Iran from nuclear goals
DUBAI - A big oil price slide will hurt Iran's attempts to rescue battered living standards, but economic pain is unlikely to soften its stance in nuclear talks or end aid to allies such as Syria, matters seen by its ruling clerics as strategic priorities.
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Syria says 'keen' to exit crisis through dialogue; will still fight 'terrorism'
Syria's state TV says Syria is willing to participate in "preliminary consultations" in Moscow aimed at restarting peace talks to end civil war. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

