Three of the kidnapped Red Cross aid workers and Red Crescent volunteer have been freed in Syria, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reported.
The ICRC is still waiting for information on the remaining three kidnapped staff members. [Reuters]by Maria Jan 8:56 PM yesterday
Russia on Monday urged the United States to do everything in its power to bring the Syrian opposition to peace talks after a key group said it would not attend a proposed conference in Geneva.
"We very much expect our American partners and other countries, which not only have influence on various opposition groups but also ... encourage these opposition groups to continue fighting, to realise their responsibility for creating conditions for performing their share of the work for convening Geneva 2," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
George Sabra, the president of the Syrian National Council, the biggest member of the opposition National Coalition, said on Sunday that the group would not attend suggested peace talks in Geneva.
First proposed in May, the Geneva-2 talks have been repeatedly pushed back and are now expected in take place in mid-November.by AJE Staff 6:35 PM yesterday- This video shows the aftermath of a car bombing in Darkoush, in Idlib province, which killed at least 22 people and injured dozens more, according to an Al Jazeera reporter.by AJE Staff 4:34 PM yesterday
- The state-run SANA news agency is reporting that a malfunction at a Syrian power station has caused electrical outages in several provinces, including the capital Damascus."Power supply is down in several provinces in the centre, south and coastal regions of the country as a result of a malfunction at a power plant," SANA quoted electricity minister Imad Khamis as saying.It's unclear where the affected power station is, or what caused the malfunction.by AJE Staff 3:59 PM yesterday
- A striking anecdote from a Washington Post story on the growing influence of al-Qaeda-linked groups like the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) and Jabhat al-Nusra in Syria:
Yet, in recent weeks, ISIS also has sought to reform its image by reopening schools and delivering food, medicine and energy to war-weary towns and villages. It has sponsored ice-cream-eating contests and tug-of-war competitions for children and built training camps where teens learn fighting skills and participate in singalongs calling for the destruction of Assad and his allies, the “lowlifes and infidels.”by AJE Staff 3:03 PM yesterday - This YouTube video is purported to be footage of the double suicide car bombing in Damascus. Al Jazeera cannot independently verify the footage.شاهد ماذا حدث وراء الضيف على الهواء مباشرة لحظة انفجار التلفزيون السوري 13-10by Maria Jan 4:39 AM yesterday
- The double blast in Damascus occurred only a few kilometres from the hotel where a team of international experts from the Organisation from the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the United Nations are staying, AFP reported.by Maria Jan 4:08 AM yesterday
- AFP reports the two car explosion was a suicide bomb attack that blew up in the centre of Damascus.by Maria Jan 3:21 AM yesterday
- Syria's official news agency says two bombs have exploded near the state television building in central Damascus, Sunday.
The SANA news agency says state TV's headquarters in Umayyad Square was damaged in the blast, but there was no immediate word on casualties. [AP]by Maria Jan 2:42 AM yesterday 
Breaking from AP news agency: A Syrian state-run TV station says 2 car bombs have exploded in central Damascus. More as we get it.by Barry Malone 2:28 AM yesterday- Red Cross members kidnapped in Syria: check Al Jazeera's coverage for the latest information - http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/10/red-cross-members-kidnapped-syria-20131013165812823368.htmlby Maria Jan 1:57 AM yesterday
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by Maria Jan 1:53 AM yesterday - International Committee of the Red Cross News Release:Syria: ICRC and Syrian Arab Red Crescent team abducted in Idlib
Geneva/Damascus (ICRC) - Six ICRC staff members and one Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) volunteer were abducted this morning by unidentified armed men near Sareqeb in Idlib Governorate, in north-western Syria."We call for the immediate and unconditional release of the seven colleagues abducted this morning," says Magne Barth, head of the ICRC’s delegation in Syria. "Both the ICRC and the SARC work tirelessly to provide impartial humanitarian assistance for those most in need across Syria on both sides of the front lines, and incidents such as these potentially undermine our capacity to assist those who need us most."The team had travelled to Idlib on 10 October to assess the medical situation in several Idlib Governorate health structures and to deliver medical supplies to Sarmin and Idlib city. The convoy, which was on its way back to Damascus, was clearly marked with the ICRC emblem, which is not a religious symbol.“The ICRC is committed to assisting the Syrian people and will continue conducting its humanitarian activities both in the country and in neighbouring countries for refugees there”, added Mr Barth. [www.icrc.org]by Maria Jan 1:16 AM yesterday - A spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Damascus says seven of the group's workers have been kidnapped in northern Syria.
Simon Schorno says the gunmen abducted the team near the town of Saraqeb in Idlib province around 11:30AM local time. He says six of the people kidnapped are ICRC staff workers and one is a volunteer from the Syrian Red Crescent. [AP]by Maria Jan 12:33 AM yesterday - Syrian rebels say they have shot a government warplane near the the southern city of Deraa along the border with Jordan, but the plane was able to make an emergency landing, Reuters has reported.
The fighter jet, is the second to hit this month in the same area.
There are no reports of the incident on Syrian state media. Rebels in southern Syria do not have sophisticated anti-aircraft abilities and have complained they are not getting advanced weapons that could strengthen their hand against the superior firepower of President Bashar al-Assad's armed forces.by Maria Jan 12:29 AM yesterday - Lebanon's government is enforcing new rules to limit the flow of Syrian refugees into the country, as the United Nations now registers around 3,000 a day. Yet many of the Syrians in Lebanon are not looking for assistance, rather, they believe refugee status is a ticket to Europe or the United States.
Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr reports from Beirut.Lebanon struggles to cope with refugee influxby Maria Jan October 13 at 11:37 PM - Syrians among Malta boat tragedy. Despite the obvious dangers thousands are willing to risk everything, including their lives, for the chance of a better life.
Al Jazeera's Karl Stagno-Navarra reports from Malta.Syrians among Malta boat tragedy
by Maria Jan October 13 at 10:08 PM - Former inmates in Syrian prisons recount their horrific stories and say their lives will never be the same. Human Rights Watch report backs up their claims.Al Jazeera's Omar Al Saleh reports.Rights group says Syria uses tortureby Maria Jan October 13 at 9:32 PM
Syria's Red Crescent said on Sunday it has evacuated at least 1,500 people since yesterday from a Damascus suburb that has been under siege by the Syrian army for months."Around 1,500 people, most of them women and children, were evacuated from a point on the outskirts of Moadamiyet al-Sham and taken to shelters," said Red Crescent spokesman Khaled Erksoussi. [AFP]by Tamila Varshalomidze October 13 at 7:56 PM- Red Crescent evaculates people from besieged rebel-held Madamiyah &Darayya in #Damascus suburbs amid temporary truce youtube.com/watch?v=s_X-vu…Oct. 13, 2013
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