The UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura called on rival sides to meet their historic responsibility and seek a deal to end the six-year war ahead of a full day of talks set for Friday. The negotiations at the United Nations in Geneva formally opened Thursday with de Mistura dampening ...
Turkish-backed armed groups in Syria announced on Thursday that they had taken full control of the northern town of Al-Bab from the ISIL ‘jihadist’ group after weeks of deadly fighting. “We are announcing Al-Bab completely liberated, and we are now clearing mines from the residential neighborhoods,” said Ahmad Othman, commander ...
