Special session held on whether to recognize the mass killings as genocide, even as the government takes new steps to repair relations with Turkey.

Also called for NATO to boost support to the Syrian opposition.

All passengers from Turkish transport hostages.

Syrians held on suspicion of inciting riots near the Jordan-Syria border.

25-year-old was killed while delivering textbooks in southern Afghanistan earlier this month.

The head of Jabhat al-Nusra confirmed his rebel group was tied to al-Qaida in Iraq in an audio message posted on militant websites.

Trying to rally the chief backers of the anti-Assad opposition around a unified strategy to oust the embattled president.