The Syrian UN envoy in Geneva says Turkey is arming terrorist groups wreaking havoc in the country’s Idlib province, and evading its commitments under the Sochi agreement.

The Russian foreign minister says he believes the war in Syria has come to an end, and the need for a long-lasting settlement to the crisis is highly required.

The Russian and Syrian coordination headquarters raise alarm at the situation in the Rukban 'death camp,' saying about 28,000 Syria refugees have been taken 'hostage' by US-controlled militants there.

Batches of displaced people return from Jordan and al-Rukban refugee camp in southeastern Syria.

Syria's UN Ambassador Bashar al-Ja'afari says foreign-backed Takfiri terrorists based in the country's northwestern Idlib Province are using civilians as 'human shields.'

The third batch of displaced people from the al-Rukban refugee camp in southeastern Syria have left the site and reached government-held areas.

Nearly 1,000 Syrian refugees have returned to their homeland from various areas in Lebanon.