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ALISON STEWART, PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND ANCHOR: In Syria, the evacuation of civilians from the besieged city of Aleppo was meant to resume today. There are as many as 4,000 people from two villages, in the last section of rebel-held territory, who were seeking to leave. […]

A drop in one protein is enough to cause autism, according to the results of a new study. Scientists were able to trigger autistic-like behavior in mice that were engineered to have lower levels of the nSR100 protein, which had previously been found to be […]

Signs of powerful changing winds have been detected on a planet 16 times larger than Earth, over 1,000 light years away — the first time ever that weather systems have been found on a gas giant outside our solar system — according to new research. […]

Iran has asked for an emergency meeting with the six-nation commission that agreed in 2015 to end crippling economic sanctions against Tehran so that it can hear complaints about the extension of some U.S. penalties despite the accord. The official Iranian news agency said Foreign […]

Commenting on Donald Trump’s initiative to build safe zones in Syria with money from Gulf states, Russian analyst Vyacheslav Matuzov told Radio Sputnik that Trump’s plan will work only if the legitimate Syrian government preserves full control over the so-called “safe zones.” On Friday US […]

In this still image taken from video from Syria TV vehicles wait to cross into east Aleppo at Ramouseh crossing point, Dec. 18, 2016. Dozens of vehicles were on standby at the Ramouseh crossing point near Aleppo on Sunday morning. Share See comments Syrian state […]

BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian government’s expected recapture of Aleppo after a prolonged and punishing air assault is a defining moment in the country’s devastating civil war: it leaves President Bashar Assad in control of almost all major urban areas — and poised to petition […]

BEIRUT (AP) — Death in Aleppo was personal for Modar Sheikho. He lost his sister to government bombing early in the revolt. His brother was killed last month. And as they looked for a place to bury him, another airstrike killed his father. Still, Shekho […]

The Russian backed operation in eastern Aleppo has allowed for a “genuine” separation of radicals from the ‘moderate opposition,’ opening a “new window of opportunity” for a ceasefire in other places in Syria, says the Russian Defense Ministry. Trends Russian anti-terror op in Syria, Syria […]