Latest Syria News Syrian cease-fire holds as Aleppo awaits relief Israel denies its aircraft harmed after raid in Syria As Syria truce holds. al-Qaida affiliate denounces it The deal crafted by the U.S. and Russia to halt the Syrian civil war and focus efforts on rooting out extremists in the country is rife with legal and liability questions that are fueling Pentagon skepticism about military cooperation between the two powers, senior U.S. officials said. The first hurdle is that Congress has enacted a law prohibiting any military cooperation with Moscow in the wake of Russia’s annexation of the Crimea region of Ukraine. That means the deal that Secretary of State John Kerry and […]