Syria's army and rebels have agreed local truces in key flashpoints around Damascus, despite regime and opposition representatives failing to make any progress in Geneva peace talks.
Philippine troops killed 17 Muslim rebels in two days of fighting with guerrilla forces opposed to a peace deal with the government, a military spokesman said Tuesday.
Tehran,YJC. -- British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Saturday that his government had taken "no decision" to provide arms to Syrian rebels , ahead of a "Friends of Syria" meeting expected to discuss military aid.
TEHRAN, YJC. -- Syrian rebels Thursday overran the only crossing on the Israel-Syria ceasefire line in the Golan Heights, a watchdog said, a day after they were routed from the strategic town of Qusayr near Lebanon's border.