Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem said on Friday he had handed Russia plans for a ceasefire in Syria’s biggest city, Aleppo, and was ready to exchange lists with rebel forces on a possible prisoner swap. 

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday urged the Syrian opposition to attend a key peace conference which aims at bringing an end to the three-year conflict in Syria.

Nine out of 10 Egyptians who cast their ballots voted to approve the country’s rewritten constitution, state media reported yesterday, in a referendum seen as the first step towards restoring democracy.