Syria ready to discuss Russia peace plan talks, opposition dismissive
Opposition chief says there is "no initiative"
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Syria's state TV says Syria is willing to participate in "preliminary consultations" in Moscow aimed at restarting peace talks to end civil war
Syria says to discuss Russia peace plan talks, opposition rejects
Moscow, an ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has pushed to restart talks that collapsed in Geneva in February
Syria says ready to discuss Russian plan to end the crisis
Moscow, an ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has pushed to restart talks that collapsed in Geneva in February
An injured civilian lies in a field hospital in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria
An injured civilian lies in a field hospital after what activists said was an air strike by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria, December 27, 2014. REUTERS/Badra Mamet
Syria's war enters new year more fragmented than ever
Attempts to find a "political solution" to conflict that has killed more than 200,000 have gone nowhere.
A Syrian refugee girl holds her Christmas gift in Bar-Elias, Lebanon
A Syrian refugee girl holds her Christmas gift from the Alphabet organisation in Bar-Elias in the Bekaa valley, Lebanon, December 24, 2014. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi
Refugees are welcomed by vast majority of Germans -president
Tens of thousands of Germans are privately taking in refugees
The plight of pregnant Syrian refugees
Of the Syrian women and girls caught in the crisis, more than 500,000 are pregnant and in desperate need of reproductive health services.
Female fighters of the Kurdish People's Protection Units
Female fighters of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) near the border between Syria and Iraq, December 22, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer