April 22, 2016 EU official ramps up pressure on US to take more Syrian asylum seekers A top European Union official pressured the U.S. Thursday to accept more Syrian refugees feeling the civil war, saying that asylum seekers should not be likened to Muslim extremists.
April 20, 2016 Austria sees more asylum applications than births in 2015 Austrian president Heinz Fischer said Wednesday his country has seen more asylum applications in 2015 than it saw births, raising fears about the impact of the refugee crisis on Europe’s demographics.
April 20, 2016 Russia ignores Obama's plea for Syria ceasefire, shifts forces to Aleppo Despite President Obama's call Monday urging Russian President Vladimir Putin to maintain a fragile cease-fire in Syria, Russia has shifted the bulk of its fire power to areas outside Aleppo where a new offensive to recapture Syria’s largest city is poised to take place soon, a U.S. defense official tells Fox News.
April 20, 2016 Syria opposition figure says Assad has 'buried' cease-fire The head of a Turkey-based Syrian opposition group said Wednesday that the government of President Bashar Assad has effectively "buried" the cease-fire, warning that already-troubled peace negotiations may collapse completely.
April 15, 2016 Syrian government team joins Geneva talks amid fighting in Aleppo A Syrian government delegation arrived in Geneva on Friday to join a new round of U.N.-mediated peace talks underway with an umbrella opposition group that seeks to find a resolution to the country's five-year civil war.
April 13, 2016 US reportedly has plan to arm moderate Syrian rebels in case cease-fire fails The CIA and its partners in Syria reportedly have come up with plans to deliver powerful weapons to moderate rebels fighting the Russia-backed government troops in case the country’s fragile truces comes to an abrupt end.
April 13, 2016 Syrians vote in parliamentary elections widely criticized as sham Syrians in government-controlled areas cast ballots Wednesday for a new 250-member parliament that is expected to serve as a rubber stamp for President Bashar Assad in a vote which Western leaders and members of Syria's opposition have denounced as a sham and a provocation that undermines the Geneva peace talks.
April 11, 2016 ISIS killed 21 Christians in recaptured Syrian city, church leader says The Islamic State killed more than 20 Christians when the terror group first captured a Syrian community that the government recently liberated, a church leader revealed Sunday.
April 11, 2016 Terrorist linked to group behind 2008 Mumbai attacks arrested in Europe posing as refugee A former bombmaker linked to the deadly 2008 attacks in Mumbai posed as a refugee to enter Europe where he'd planned more attacks in the name of the Islamic State terror group, according to multiple reports.
April 11, 2016 Family of American released by Syria 'incredibly grateful' The Seattle-area family of a U.S. citizen released from captivity by the Syrian government said they were grateful for efforts by the U.S. government over the past three years to secure his freedom.
