15 March 2016
"Peace Talks" by Khalid Ahmed
Featured
via AlJazeera and Agencies
Women and children in rebel-held town outside Damascus stage rare protest, urging the UN to deliver humanitarian aid. The town remains blocked by President Bashar Al-Assad, as the cease-fire continues to hold.
By Raphael Mimoun and Srdja Popovic via Foreign Policy
Guns and bombs aren’t the only way to beat the jihadists.
Inside Syria
By Shaun Walker in Moscow and Patrick Wintour in Geneva via The Guardian
Deputy defence minister says remaining Russian planes to ‘continue carrying out strikes on terrorist facilities’
By Martin Chulov via The Guardian
Ten brothers in arms were once infamous among rebel groups in Aleppo. Now they’re diminished, scattered and losing hope.
Conflict Analysis
By Al-Quds al-Arabi via MidEast Wire
On the fifth anniversary of the Syrian revolution, which erupted on March 15, 2011 from the southern city of Daraa. On this occasion, we will witness a new Geneva negotiations session between the political opposition and the regime once more.
By Nicole Slawson and agencies via The Guardian
Foreign minister says opposition must ‘abandon delusions’ of a Syria without Assad as president or talks will fail. (X)
Refugees
"Kurdish refugee mothers arrive in Belgrade, Serbia" Credit: UNHCR
via AlJazeera and Agencies
Minister says refugees should not be fed false expectations, as thousands are stuck in squalid conditions in Greek camp.
By Manveen Rana
via BBC Radio4
The Dhnie family are refugees in Jordan. In August, they decided there was no future for them in Jordan or Syria. They packed up and set off for the EU.
Proxy Politics
By Jeffrey Goldberg via The Atlanic
The U.S. president talks through his hardest decisions about America’s role in the world.
By Laurence Lee via AlJazeera English
Business leaders credit border trade, now at prewar levels, with preventing humanitarian crisis from getting worse.
