A boy walks past damaged buildings in the northern Syrian rebel-held town of al-Waqf, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria, October 9, 2016. (Source: Reuters) A boy walks past damaged buildings in the northern Syrian rebel-held town of al-Waqf, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria, October 9, 2016. (Source: Reuters)The five-and-a-half year old civil war in Syria does not appear to die down anytime soon. Repeated airstrikes across its biggest cities like Aleppo have left the country in chaos after continuous failures of peace agreements between the US and Russia. The US interest in Syria is not related to oil since Syria is not a major producer.

Source: Indian Express October 10, 2016 14:26 UTC