Isis militants in syria
US close to suspending Syria talks with Russia as Aleppo battle rages
Moscow and Damascus launched a campaign to recapture the rebel-held sector of Syria’s biggest city.
The ceasefire marks the biggest bet yet by Washington that it can work with Moscow to end the war.
Turkey sent tanks and troops into Syria on Wednesday to support its Syrian rebel allies.
Rebels have taken most of a large government military complex southwest of Aleppo city in a major offensive.
Syrian state television showed scores of mostly women gathered in a government-controlled area of the city.
One of the US goals in Syria have been ending the violence that already has claimed some 400,000 lives.
It's understood the militants won back three villages south of the besieged city in a surprise assault.
Obama last month ordered the deployment of dozens of special operations troops to northern Syria.
The US-led coalition attack killed Iraqi, Abu Osama al-Iraqi and Syrian, Amer al-Rafdan.
The suspect, Hayat Boumeddiene, arrived at an Istanbul airport on 2 January via Madrid and stayed in a hotel.
A Pentagon spokesman, said he wasn’t sure how many targets had been damaged versus destroyed.
Open Doors is an international group supporting persecuted Christians worldwide.
The man was an Egyptian national and was known as the deputy “emir” of the al-Hesbah force.
So far an estimated few dozen Westerners have joined Kurdish fighters battling Islamic State in Syria.
The action in Syria included 17 strikes near the cities of Al Raqqah, Dayr az Zawr and Kobani.
The deadliest country for journalists this year was Syria, where 15 were killed.
China has expressed concern about the rise of Islamic State in the Middle East.
ISIS have surrendered little despite the broad sweep of forces arrayed against them.
The US backs anti-government rebels and wants to train and equip them to counter the Islamic State.