Syrian unrest
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.
Military officials from the US and Russia have been meeting for weeks to try to work on terms of a deal.
Turkey sent tanks and troops into Syria on Wednesday to support its Syrian rebel allies.
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.
The blast has killed nearly 50 people, wounding scores more in the north-eastern Syrian city of Qamishli.
It's understood the militants won back three villages south of the besieged city in a surprise assault.
A civil defence worker said 32 people were killed in rebel-held parts of the city during the strikes.
The week’s three big offensives are some of the most aggressive campaigns against Islamic State.
The United Nations said on Tuesday a new attempt at peace talks would begin on March 9 in Geneva.
Opposition delegates met in Geneva with UN envoy, who said this session marked the official peace talks.
Syria's opposition won't attend peace talks as it 'hadn't received convincing answers to its demands'.
An aid convoy on Monday brought the first food and medical relief for months to the western town of Madaya.
The five veto-wielding council members don’t yet have an agreed draft to present to the 15-nation body.
Obama last month ordered the deployment of dozens of special operations troops to northern Syria.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, sworn in this month, made the initial pledge part of his election campaign.
The Hazzm movement was once central to a covert CIA operation to arm Syrian rebels.
The US said in September it had informed the Syrian ambassador to the UN before the first strikes.