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December 5, 2015

Russia Foreign Minister: US evidence on Syria 'unconvincing'

Evidence of alleged chemical weapons use by the Syrian regime presented to Moscow by the U.S. and its allies is "absolutely unconvincing," Russia's foreign minister said Monday, as the Obama administration lobbied Congress to support a punitive military strike against Syria.

December 5, 2015

Despite UN Security Council demands, Syria humanitarian plight worse than ever, report says

Two months after the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution urging all sides in the civil war in Syria—including the brutal government of President Bashar al-Assad—to allow humanitarian supplies to reach millions of civilians, the situation is as bad as ever, according to a report that U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will present to the council next week.

December 5, 2015

I've made mistakes, Assad tells German magazine

A German magazine is quoting Syria's President Bashar Assad as saying he has made mistakes and that no side in his country's civil war is entirely free of blame.

December 5, 2015

Islamic fighters led by Al Qaeda seize major Syrian city

Islamic fighters led by Al Qaeda's branch in Syria seized almost full control of the northwestern city of Idlib on Saturday, taking over major roundabouts and government buildings in a powerful blow to President Bashar Assad whose forces rapidly collapsed after four days of heavy fighting, opposition activists and the extremist group said.

December 5, 2015

Key al Qaeda militant reportedly killed in Syria

A senior figure in an al Qaeda-linked group in Syria has been killed in a bloody dispute with rival rebel factions that has raged for more than three weeks across opposition-held parts of the country, activists and an Iraqi intelligence official said Monday.

December 5, 2015

Number of Syria refugees tops 2 million, UN says

The number of refugees fleeing Syria's bloody civil war has surged past the 2 million mark, with almost 5,000 people crossing into that country's neighbors every day, according to a new report from the United Nations Refugee Agency issued Tuesday. 

December 5, 2015

Number of Christians kidnapped in ISIS offensive up to 220, Syria monitoring groups say

Activists monitoring the conflict in Syria said Thursday that the number of Christians kidnapped by ISIS terrorists in their most recent offensive has risen to at least 220. 

December 5, 2015

Activists say ISIS destroys temple at ancient Palmyra site

Islamic State (ISIS) militants have destroyed a temple at Syria's ancient ruins of Palmyra, activists said Sunday, realizing the worst fears archaeologists had for the 2,000-year-old Roman-era city after the extremists seized it and beheaded a local scholar.

December 5, 2015

ISIS routed by Kurdish fighters in Syrian border town

U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters took control of a strategic town on the Syria-Turkey border Monday, forcing ISIS militants to flee and cutting off a key supply line to the self-proclaimed caliphate's capital.

December 5, 2015

At least 100 dead after 6 days of clashes in Syria, activists say

Six days of fighting in a Damascus suburb has killed more than a hundred people and possibly many more, activists said Monday, in what the government also acknowledged may be a dramatic spike in the rising death toll in Syria.