Syrian army nears Turkey-backed rebels in new advance
The Syrian army and its allies on Sunday drove Islamic State from several villages east of Aleppo, a military media unit run by Hezbollah and a war monitor reported, bringing them closer to territory held by Turkey-backed rebels. Several overlapping conflicts are being fought in Syria, dragging in regional and global powers as well as […]
Russia Wants Syria To go For Elections
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday the Kremlin wanted Syria to prepare for parliamentary and presidential elections and that Moscow was ready to provide air support to the Free Syrian Army. Lavrov’s comments represented a dramatic shift in Russia’s position and followed a meeting in Vienna on Friday with the United States and […]
