U.N. Secretary-General B Ki-Moon raised the death toll in Syria's civil war surpassing 100,000 up from nearly 93,000 just over a month ago. Ban called on the Syrian government and opposition to halt the violence in the 2 ½ civil war, saying it is "imperative to have a peace conference in Geneva as soon as possible."
Sharp divisions in ideologies over how to handle the civil war in Syria led to a chilly encounter between U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G8 Summit on Monday.
Nicole Lynn Mansfield, a 33-year-old woman from Flint Michigan, who was a convert to Islam, was reportedly to be killed alongside a British man by an ambush on an opposition scouting mission north of the city of Idlib, Syrian state media said on Friday.
Israeli Defense Minister Minister Moshe Yaalon said that a Russian plan to supply sophisticated anti-aircraft missiles to Syria amounted to a "threat," indicated that Israel is prepared to use force to stop the delivery, the Associated Press reported. A top Russian official said on Tuesday that the planned sale of S-3000 air-defense missiles to the Assad pro-Syrian government forces remain committed to the deal.
