Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday said that a Russia-Turkey deal for the last major rebel bastion of Idlib was a "temporary measure", state news agency SANA reported.

Syria's Assad says Idlib deal 'temporary measure': Report

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday she and the leaders of Turkey, Russia and France planned to hold a summit next month on the situation in war-ravaged Syria.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel plans to meet Macron, Putin, Erdogan on Syria in October

In a wide-ranging interview in Damascus with the Mail on Sunday, Assad slammed the United States and British military actions in Syria as 'colonial' while praising supporter Russia

Assad denies Moscow running the show in Syria

Heyam Omar, the baby girl's grandmother, said she died from tear gas she inhaled at a protest camp on Monday

8-month-old Laila al-Ghandour: Youngest victim of Gaza protests

Trump has consistently threatened to pull out of the 2015 agreement because it does not address Iran's ballistic missile program or its role in wars in Syria and Yemen.

What will happen to West Asia if Trump pulls out of Iran nuclear deal?

"We want to come home. We'll be coming home. But we want to leave a strong and lasting footprint, and that was a very big part of our discussion," Trump said.

US President Donald Trump says wants US to leave Syria soon

Vice president of United States, Michale Pence on Saturday said that Russia is 'on the wrong side of the war' as he referred to the recent strike carried out by the US and UK and France on Syria

Russia is on the wrong side of the war: Michael Pence

France has offered to mediate between Turkey and the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces, and assured the SDF of Paris’ support in stabilizing northern Syria, President Emmanuel Macron’s office said

Syria war: France's Macron offers to mediate between Turkey and Syrian Kurds

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based war monitor, said on Monday that about 511,000 people had been killed in the Syrian war

Syria war has killed more than 500,000 people in 7 years: Monitor

Carla Del Ponte, a member of the UN commission, said she was resigning from the UN Commission because it 'does absolutely nothing'

Enough evidence to convict Syria's Assad of war crimes: UN Commission

Professor Maria Teresa Grassi and her team were the last mission to abandon Palmyra due to?security reasons in late 2010 ?

Destruction of Syria's Palmyra: An insider's view

The US came to the conclusion that a crematorium had possibly been built inside Saydnaya prison complex after noticing that a building in the complex remained free of snow in the winter.

Syria prison crematorium: Evidence US has shown is shaky, at best

The Syrian Democratic Forces have taken the old quarters of Tabqa, which has Syria's largest dam. But the dam remains under IS' control despite them having control of just 20% of the city

US coalition ousts IS from vital town in Syria as part of Raqqa offensive

Assad's forces are also stepping up chlorine gas attacks and have begun using surface-fired rockets filled with chlorine in fighting near Damascus

Syrian regime used deadly nerve agent in four recent attacks: HRW

This comes hours after Syria accused Israel of hitting a military position near Damascus airport

Israel shoots down 'target' over Golan heights: Army

The blast targeted buses carrying residents evacuated from the towns of Fuaa and Kafraya under a deal reached between the regime and rebels

Syria: 112 evacuees killed in bomb attack on convoy

The problem is that rebels from Zabadani, one of the towns included in the deal, haven't been granted safe passage out, a war monitor said

Thousands of Syrians stuck as evacuation deal frays

The US also urged Russia to exert its influence and rein in the Syrian regime, who it blames for the deadly attack in Idlib province

Syria 'gas attack': US threatens to take unilateral action if UN talks fail

The new figures mean around a quarter of Syria's population has fled since March 2011

More than five million Syrians are now refugees

The reinforcement means the US now have 900 of its troops on the ground in Syria

US deploys 400 additional troops to oust IS from stronghold Raqa

Although Russia, Turkey and US are fighting on the same side, there are doubts that remain over the involvement of Kurdish forces

Turkey, Russia, and US draw chart to oust IS out of Syria

Militants launched attacks on two separate offices and then used suicide bombers to inflict more damage

Scores dead after deadly attack on Syrian security forces

'The plan between Iran, Assad, al-Maliki and Hezbollah is to create a Shia country from Iran to Bahrain': Col. Haitham Afise, an FSA leader

Exclusive: Free Syrian Army leader talks about challenges of fighting the Islamic State

The airstrikes were conducted in November 2015 on Islamic State's oil assets

US used depleted uranium in airstrikes on IS-held areas in Syria, confirms military official

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